Red-Tailed Hawk

[Joerg Rockenberger]

This Red-Tailed Hawk was photographed in Nov '06 at Moss Beach in Half Moon Bay, CA. For some reason, this hawk spent an entire afternoon going back and forth along a bluff behind the beach without being faced at all by the numerous spectators and close distance. It was a thrill especially considering that I had just bought the 400F5.6. In this image it was leaping from the ground into a tree.

Thanks for looking. JR

Canon 30D, 400F5.6, 1/1600s, ISO-400, F5.6, EC 0, Eval Metering

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Very interesting pose and the BG adds to it. I would sharpen the bird a bit more, brighten the shadows in the BG and/or S/H and get rid of the blue spots in the BG.

[Andy Nelson]

A very interesting image! Axel brought up some good points and I would add that if it was possible to create a little more seperation between the bird's right wingtips and the background. I really like this one!

[Jody Melanson]

Cool looking Redtail. Ours are much, much lighter in colour. Nice underside. Wish the BG was further back for some nice bokeh. Also wish for some eye contact.

[Gayle Clement]

I love the unusual pose and the detail of the wings.

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice pose, wish for more room at the bottom. Great suggestions given above. Thanks for sharing this, I enjoyed it!