Adult Red Tail Hawk In Flight

What a beauty, very nice capture

Just perfect !

sparker1 wrote in post #2090244
Jim, that's a great shot, so sharp and crisp. Not to mention, he gave you the perfect pose.

Thank you, the credit goes to the Hawk for coming in close enough for a decent shot and then hovering long enough to marvel at the beauty of it all

Reyno wrote in post #2090260
Simply outstanding in-flight caputre.

Thank you, it made my day, it was very frustrating up until then

Airedale1 wrote in post #2090438
What a beauty, very nice capture

clivingston wrote in post #2090943
Just perfect !

Thank you both for the comments, much appreciated. Hope to get some more shots tomorrow

Nice shot. Might wanna get rid of the dust spot to the right of the beak though. Interesting bird...definately.

inthedeck wrote in post #2091068
Nice shot. Might wanna get rid of the dust spot to the right of the beak though. Interesting bird...definately.

I know, old sensor dust

calicokat wrote in post #2087700
The cure for my frustrations, and I was frustrated. I forgot to add, I had the chance for a great owl in flight shot but I had the 400 switched to 8.5m to infinity and could not focus close enough to get the shot in time when I did switch it, the owl was long gone

I can relate to that...some days you work like mad and nothing comes of it. Glad your hard work paid off

Someone once told me that [Something else] was a lot like surfing. On TV, you see them riding the wave all the time. In reality, it's 99% paddling and 1% riding.

I must confess that I initially thought that it was a lot easier to get the bird pic. Thanks for reminding us that we must work for our keepers, they don't fall in our laps. Now I don't feel so bad spending an entire day out even if I don't get much....because if I wasn't out there at all, I can be guaranteed that I won't get ANYTHING..

Lightstream wrote in post #2091087
I can relate to that...some days you work like mad and nothing comes of it. Glad your hard work paid off

Someone once told me that [Something else] was a lot like surfing. On TV, you see them riding the wave all the time. In reality, it's 99% paddling and 1% riding.

I must confess that I initially thought that it was a lot easier to get the bird pic. Thanks for reminding us that we must work for our keepers, they don't fall in our laps. Now I don't feel so bad spending an entire day out even if I don't get much....because if I wasn't out there at all, I can be guaranteed that I won't get ANYTHING..

Somedays I get nothing but birds that are 10,000 feet away and backlit, but I will take those days over most any because its still alot of fun

Great feather detail....

johnstoy wrote in post #2091268
Great feather detail....

Thank you John, they are such beatiful birds

calicokat wrote in post #2091243
Somedays I get nothing but birds that are 10,000 feet away and backlit, but I will take those days over most any because its still alot of fun

Yeah I suppose that any photo op is better than none, even if the pics don't always turn out to be keepers or marketable

Lightstream wrote in post #2091427
Yeah I suppose that any photo op is better than none, even if the pics don't always turn out to be keepers or marketable

Somtimes its just fun to be out in the wild, even if the birds and wildlife are un-cooperative

calicokat wrote in post #2091428
Somtimes its just fun to be out in the wild, even if the birds and wildlife are un-cooperative

True

Was out today as well, covering another event, quite a lot of shots were OOF, more than usual, dunno why (5D and 24-105 combo - something I have the most 'flight time' on and I know how to get the best out of it), but still better than sitting at home or being cooped up in the office fighting a war..

Lightstream wrote in post #2091434
True

Was out today as well, covering another event, quite a lot of shots were OOF, more than usual, dunno why (5D and 24-105 combo - something I have the most 'flight time' on and I know how to get the best out of it), but still better than sitting at home or being cooped up in the office fighting a war..

What were you photographing today

Marathon event. They've been advertising the road closures for the past week, so I figured, why not make the most out of it..go and shoot

Will post pics later.

Good opportunity to watch the working pro's as well, see what they are doing. I got one shot so clear where one of them was in the picture, I was even able to read the guy's LCD settings off his camera.. like wow