Red-tailed Hawk

[Karl Egressy]

This is the second frame during a take off. The hunt was unsucessful at that spot.
She had two out of three good one on that day.
Today she had an awful day.
She had about eight unsuccesful hunts.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D M iV
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS
Manual Setting
ISO 800
1/3200 s
f5.6

[Dan Busby]

Another nice one from the bird that keeps on giving Karl. A nice sharp eye really brings the focus in. Exposure looks spot on.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the flight angle, sharpness, eye contact and complimentary setting. Excellent image Karl.

[Dennis Zaebst]

Wow, super sharp and excellent position and composition. Wonderful background and good light too. Well done, Karl!

[Marina Scarr]

Terrific capture, Karl. What an intense look on that hawk!!!

[Randy Stout]

Karl

Excellent shooting angle and angle in the frame. She looks almost distressed that she missed again!

This has been an excellent series!

Cheers

Randy

[Allen Sparks]

I have to agree...terrific in flight capture. great look from the hawk and the sharpness/exposure is spot on.

[PhilCook]

Just lovely Karl in all aspects, color, light, sharpness all perfect....and just love those talons

[Daniel Cadieux]

These take-off poses can be a challenge, and here we can see that the critical focus is on the talons...the head is a bit softer, but not by much and you should be able to add another round of sharpening quite easily to it. Fantastic pose, exposure is spot-on, and the low angle and habitat are terrific. Well done with this series Karl!!

[dankearl]

Really dynamic and a tough shot to get DOF on.
Very well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful take off pose captured.Great IQ,nice colors and very nice environment.Love it.

Regards,
Satish.