Rough Legged Hawk

[David Hemmings]

This is a first winter Rough Legged Hawk. It was a very nice surprise to have this species fly by while out looking for Redtails.

Canon 1D Mk 11 N / Canon 300 2.8 IS + 1.4 tc / 1/1600th @ f5.6 ISO 250 / hand held /

http://avianart.smugmug.com/photos/263918209_HikJZ-O.jpg

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

What a beauty David !!!!! Love the flight pose and the framing is excellent. Great BG and wonderful detail and eye contact. Nothing not to like about this image !!!! Great work !

[John Cooper]

You have caught this hawk in a beautiful pose David - love the exposure and deatil shown here. Top shot!!

[Steve Wheeler]

Agree with the above... Wonderful image! Beautiful bird!

Nicely done.

Steve

[James Salywoda]

Awesome!!!!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great flight shot,I really like the eye contact,wing position,details and the clean bg!

[Anita Rakestraw]

Great job!

[Del Cockroft]

An excellent shot with good eye contact. A very nice clean image.

[Jay Tan]

Agree on the comments about this being a very clean image. So clean that it's almost unreal. Very nice stuff! :)

[peter delaney]

exceptional image.... that does not come across as unnatural ie not been over processed in PS. well done....

[Stu Bowie]

Simply stunning. Great comp, and excellent light. Well done.

[Charles Senkus]

wonderful, simply wonderful!

[Gus Cobos]

Very nicely done David,
I love the composition and the detail on the subject...:)

Big Congrats...:D

Gus...:cool: