Screaming Red-Tailed Hawk

[Doug Brown]

From the Bosque. What a great encounter!

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/Animals/Birds/BPN/20091114-MG9868-Red-Tailed/725820404_EEtqx-O-2.jpg

Canon 7D, 800mm, f/6.3, 1/5000, ISO 800, +2/3 EC, hand held

[Dan Brown]

Great eye contact and action Doug! Hand holding the 800! that's got to be fun!

[scott benson]

lovely shot, doug well caught.
the 7d seems a great camera wish it would of been out when i brought my d300, would of liked to have felt the difference.
wish i coud get shutter speeds that high here in the uk but not chance.

[Stu Bowie]

Doug, I like the flying posture, together with the open beak. This is sharp, and I would maybe take a bit off the bottom.

[Ben Egbert]

Wow Doug, hand held 800, that's impressive all in itself, I see 1/5000 ought to freeze motion, but simply tracking and maintaining focus is a task. Great job, and everything works here.

[Bonnie Block]

Nicely done, Doug! The calling pose is GREAT!!

[Harshad Barve]

Very well done here Doug , lovely oen beak and wing position
TFS

[Danny J Brown]

Nice catch at mid-scream, Doug! I didn't see an arca swiss plate on that lens in your Friends and Family photo so I should have known you'd be hand-holding the beast.

[Jan Fourie]

very well done to get this so sharp with 800mm handheld .I like the posture ,eye contact and the open beak
jan

[Brian Sartor]

Fanatstic pose captured and excellent detail.

[Doug Brown]

Good detective work Danny! I almost never use a tripod. Too much BIF at the Bosque to bother with a tripod! I spent the entire week hand holding.

[arash_hazeghi]

Nice shot Doug, love the open beak which is the highlight of this photo. Eye contact is pretty good, it's a bit grainy in the dark areas, perhaps another pass of NR is worth trying?