Red Shouldered Flight

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

More practice on my flight shots with the 500. The light was so perfect this evening.
Cropped to pan
Canon 1DMIV
500mm f4
ISO 800 f6.3@1/2000 HH

[Mike Tracy]

I love the outstretched wings and dangling feet.

[Dan Brown]

Great capture, Cheryl! These guys are soooo fast, and you got him/her coming at you! How much cropping did you do here?

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Great capture, Cheryl! These guys are soooo fast, and you got him/her coming at you! How much cropping did you do here?

Thanks guys, Dan, it's about 20-30 %

[Loi Nguyen]

lovely shot, love the colors, the BG, and the eye. When you said 20-30% crop, does it mean to crop away 20-30% and retain 70-80%? If so, great capture such bird at such close range!

[David Salem]

Nice capture Melissa. I like the wing spread and the pattern on the top of the wing. nice head position and hanging feet. Looks like your practice is paying off, well done

[David Salem]

Oops , sorry called you Melissa, Cheryl

[arash_hazeghi]

making good progress Cheryl! nice dynamic pose and a nice BG. well done!

[gail bisson]

I agree with you that the light is lovely. Nice BG.
I would clone out the tiny little white spot under the right thigh.
Nice incoming angle. This would be a great shot for educational purposes as it shows the red shoulders perfectly,
Gail

[Faraaz Abdool]

Excellent flight shot, I love the dangling feet! Good call on the widescreen crop as well, giving him space to fly into.

[vishaljadhav]

impressive one, the front on image of this guy looks wonderful
very nicely done here
The legs in the air make it very dynamic

[Melissa Groo]

Good on ya girl for getting such a nice sharp shot of a hawk flying right at you. Those are always the hardest for me. I lose the focus on the face pretty quickly as they take off towards me. You are getting to be a real pro with that 500 and the bif.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Thanks everyone !

[Marina Scarr]

The light is absolutely gorgeous and you captured an interesting pose. I like the raised head. It's nice and sharp.

[John Obenaus]

Remind me not to mess with you if you are handholding that beast :) Great shot

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

[QUOTE=John Obenaus;888312]Remind me not to mess with you if you are handholding that beast :) Great shot[/QUOTEThanks John but a hanfholding shootoff would be fun LOL