Red-tailed Hawk in Flight

[Raymond Barlow]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y281/rammy111111/DSC_6471w.jpg


Hamilton Mountain, Ontario, Canada

Nikon D300 (http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon/d300) ,Nikkor 200-400mm f/4G ED-IF AF-S VR (http://www.pbase.com/cameras/nikon/200-400_4g_afs_vr)
1/2000s f/5.6 at 400.0mm iso250

Along a major highway, in Hamilton, Ontario, this bird rests in trees waiting for mice to come out for some air., on this shot, I got out of my truck carefully, and walked back towards the bird ... once I got into good range with the 200-400, I just waited until it was ready to lift off for a lunch run, or to change positions., after about 3 minutes, the bird got tired of looking at me, and flew out to another tree, as expected, and a good burst with the d300 was fun to catch.

[Steve Canuel]

With the angle of the back and the downward pointing of the wings, you really get a feel for him rising into the air with each wing beat. I see a slight dark spot about 1/3 of the way from the right edge in line with his beak.
Steve

[Maxis Gamez]

Love the head, very sharp image. Lot's of details. Did you get one with the wings up?

[Raymond Barlow]

Love the head, very sharp image. Lot's of details. Did you get one with the wings up?

thanks Maxis, this one was taken earlier in the sequence...

http://www.pbase.com/raymondjbarlow/image/93428603

take care.

[David Hemmings]

Wonderful capture Ray, love the wing position, i see the dust spot on the right there, I will clean your sensor for ten bucks :)

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the details and composition!!!

[Jim Poor]

Super nice with a very surreal look to it. I like the focused look in the eye. There is a teeny tiny sharpening halo under the beak.