Red Tail Hawk

Was driving down the Colonial Parkway on Saturday with my wife when we saw this RTH sitting in a "tree"(not sure what sorta bush/tree that is in pic 1)...the wind was whipping off the river so he was continually swaying just enough to make taking his pic a bit of a challenge...

Here is where he started out (sun was behind me) and it took forever to get this pic because he kept looking the other direction.

Nice shots, last one is my favorite.

I like the third one, but they are all great! What lens were you using?

Tom is johny on the spot....

It is a RT and in the first pic it is in a juniper tree...

Greg

I think #4 is my fav. Interesting BG in 2 & 3, looks like heat mirage rising from the asphalt roadway.

Nice shots.

Greg, I was thinking the same thing, juniper tree. : )

I like #4 the best, I like to see these type of hunting / behavior shots that are shot in the wild under natural conditions.

Well done but I'm going against the grain and picking the first as the favourite!

Nice

Scott W wrote in post #9495033
Nice shots, last one is my favorite.

Thanks

peregrineflier wrote in post #9495118
I like the third one, but they are all great! What lens were you using?

Thanks...was using my 100-400L

GregMik wrote in post #9495613
Tom is johny on the spot....

It is a RT and in the first pic it is in a juniper tree...

Greg

did someone delete a post that I missed

trmwf wrote in post #9496292
I think #4 is my fav. Interesting BG in 2 & 3, looks like heat mirage rising from the asphalt roadway.

there was a road between the shot and the BG but it was a very cold day...blustery too so I don't really know why the bokeh looks like it does...normally it is much creamier (or so I think)

akhan wrote in post #9496437
Nice shots.

THanks

peregrineflier wrote in post #9496923
Greg, I was thinking the same thing, juniper tree. : )

thanks for the ID

PSH wrote in post #9497111
I like #4 the best, I like to see these type of hunting / behavior shots that are shot in the wild under natural conditions.

thanks

sugarzebra wrote in post #9497127
Well done but I'm going against the grain and picking the first as the favourite!

I like #4 a ton too...just wish the lighting was better...or maybe it is my post processing skills

RiderOnTheStorm wrote in post #9497275
Nice

Thanks

Eagle I you really got him (her?) out in the open.

Since you indicate "Image Editing OK" I've taken the liberty to adjust the gamma correction and contrast on your backit image. There's no colour left in the sky but you can clearly see the bird now.

If your original is in RAW format you should be able to recover even more details than I did.

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