Red Shoulder Hawk Takeoff

[Jim Neiger]

I made this image last week during a workshop I was conducting.

Osceola County, FL - 1D3, 500mm, 1/1600, F4.5, ISO 1000, hand held, manual exposure

[Ian McHenry]

Beautiful image Jim.
Questions : 1 ) Was camera set on high speed continuous ?
2 ) Did you press the shutter when the raptor was in pre flight hunch position ?
Really like the manual exposure and blurred BG (bokeh).

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Ian,

The answer are yes - always, and yes.

[Ian McHenry]

LOL !!!
Thanks Jim good to see we're on the same wavelength !!!
Thanks: Ian Mc

[Lana Hays]

Jim
It's a wonderful action shot. I like the diagonal formed in the image......and especially like the detail of the underneath wings. Well done.

[Jim Poor]

This is beautiful. I even like the barbed wire :D

Jim,

I know you are a big believer in hand-holding, but what do you think about something like a BushHawk as a good compromise between support and the freedom of hand-holding?