Red-tailed Hawk landing

[Tim King]

Was photographing a friendly RTH
hunting in a vole infested field as it flew from perch to perch.

50D | 300mm F4L IS | HH
ISO 640, f5.0, 1/3200

Have a good one.

[dankearl]

Very, very nice.
300mm?, it must be tame as it doesn't look like much of a crop.
BG is killer and sharpness and exposure top notch.

[Alan Murphy]

Very nice. Great color in the BG

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely landing pose with great colors. Whites look good. Seeing some slight haloing around some of the upper wings.

[John Cooper]

A great capture of the hawk preparing to alight Tim. Excellent detail and well portrayed against that rich tan BG.

[Shawn Zierman]

Judging from all the images of this hawk I see materializing on the web, must be turning into
quite the rockstar out there! And why not...this bird is quite the performer, and so tame....!
I'd be out there everyday :) This is a great image. Excellent light quality, sharp details, and the
hunting/power of the bird comes through well in this presentation.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Beautifully presented !!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose details and BG. Great work

[gail bisson]

The IQ is excellent and I love the colors.
Well chosen comp as well.
I would blend the diagonal bright OOF branch coming from the RLC as it keeps catching my eye.
Otherwise, a superb shot,
Gail

[Hayath Mohammed]

Beautiful light and mid-flight/pounce pose. The composition works beautifully too

[David Salem]

Very nice Tim. Not much not to like on this one. Great capture!

[PhilCook]

Wonderful, sharp and rather like the finer detail on the legs, complimentary backdrop too

[Peter Scholer]

The rich darker background really makes the lighter well detailed Hawk stand out. Fantastic BIF capture.

[Tim King]

Lovely landing pose with great colors. Whites look good. Seeing some slight haloing around some of the upper wings.

I cloned out a dark area around the UL wing feathers which left behind a mess (that's why I avoid cloning altogether)
I also cloned out the diagonal line leading to the talons, and the dark patches at the top. Thanks.

[gail bisson]

hi Tim,the repost is superb! this is one for the wall!!
really impressed with this,
gail

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Excellent IQ, pose, bg and details. @300mm this guy ought to have been very friendly!
The repost is great. Love this image.

[Arno Ellmer]

A very impressive image ,Tim . Superb in all respects.