Cooper's Hawk

[Alan Murphy]

Cooper's Hawk

Smith Point, TX

D800, 300/2.8, ISO 400, f5.6, 1/3200, lured in with decoy owl.

The end of the hawk migration bring in more adults. I was happy to get this image on the last day of shooting this past weekend.


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[John Cooper]

An absolutely superb capture Alan - I love the extended wings and tail, and the good HA. Was this hawk reponding to an owl decoy?

[Alan Murphy]

An absolutely superb capture Alan - I love the extended wings and tail, and the good HA. Was this hawk reponding to an owl decoy?

As mentioned in my post, yes it was.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Superb quality! light and pose! sick image Mr. Murphy!

[christopher galeski]

as always a great flight image,nice details and light,great pose.well done.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Stunning Alan, what a awesome pose and for me this one is perfect well done.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Alan this is a real gem of a shot I love the radiating patterns in the plumage and technically it looks perfect. A shot to be proud of - well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Pose, background and IQ to die for. I have no words to describe how I feel about this shot, Alan.

[rmoragaz]

Alan, nice !!!! What a great image..I saw the thumbnail and I new that it was yours...
Great detail, head angle, color, light and background
Saludos

Rodrigo

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice Alan. I need to figure out which e-book to buy! :)

[David Salem]

Wow! They keep getting better. Cant say much about this image, my mouth is hanging open too far:) Looks like you and Doug had hawks almost bouncing off your blinds out there. I have many close shots of raptors flying, even with quarry in front of them, but there is no better way to get close to wild raptors than your methods. Awesome..

[Hayath Mohammed]

Wonderful wingspread and background. The light and details are just right to show the dynamics of the mid-air turn and swoop

[Melissa Groo]

Don't think I've ever seen a better image of a Cooper's hawk in flight. Congratulations, Alan, this is beyond superb.

[Doug Brown]

Super frame Alan! Thanks for the hospitality last weekend! Wish I'd been able to stick around through Monday, because it sounds like you guys got some great stuff after I left.

[Satish Ranadive]

Gorgeous flight pose.Very nice composition and background.
Love the great IQ,symmetrical wings,tail feathers,great details and his stare.

Regards,
Satish.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Another amazing image from you. Just awesome

[dankearl]

Unreal! Just terrific pose and IQ.
I guess this puts to rest the idea that the D800 does not have very good AF.
As good as Cooper hawk photo as I have seen!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great stuff this Alan bhai...

[arash_hazeghi]

Splendid, I just wish this one was mine.

[gareth thomson]

Dang. Long drawn out whistle sounds ....

[Shawn Zierman]

Absolutely amazing image. The background elevates the success of this one imo.
A consideration would be to tone down or clone out the noticeably yellow spot right
below the bird's right wing....sticks out just a bit once one gets one's breath back
after opening the post.

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi Alan
Gorgeous flight pose.Very nice composition and background.