Red-tailed Hawk

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Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk2010×2500 1.39 MB

I saw this guy in a tree well up the hill from our house. Managed to grab the camera and work my way up, mostly hidden behind trees with thick branches. It’s not exactly a collector’s item, with the very steep angle (the tree was tall and still well uphill from me) but always good to get a hawk.

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Is this a composite: No
Full frame top and bottom, cropped from the sides. Canon R5, 100-500 + 2X at 1000mm. f/14 (wide open), ISO 1600, 1/400. Hand held. In my haste I hadn’t noticed the settings or I would have increased the ISO. It’s normally at least at 3200. Didn’t even bother to do denoise or any sharpening, but I will probably go back and do it. Quite a bit of branch pruning.

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Good for you to get the photo Diane. Even tho it is up high I think that stare down pose adds to the image. And well done on the perch. It looks good.

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Good job on the detail and color. Yes the steep angle does detract but you get what you get.

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Good job on this one, Diane. Nice to get it looking down at you-that does a lot to mitigate a steep angle.