Dark morpoh Ferruginous Hawk

[Erik Hedlin]

Kodak Portra 400
Canon Elan 7n
17mm

Other than a slight exposure tweak in photoshop, this is pretty much a straight negative scan.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Erik, a huge welcome to BPN, and hope you get to share and learn as you go along. An interesting perspective here, and as the ground seems fairly far below, I would be interested to know how you captured this. I do like the open beak with the tongue visible, and Im fine with the DOF, as the main focus is on the head.

[Erik Hedlin]

Hey Stuart and thanks for the welcome! For the past two years I've been lucky enough to work on a research project with these birds. This picture is a little deceiving because I actually have this girl in hand. With a little wind, she opened right up into a flight-like posture.

For the record, this is a juvenile female (roughly 55-60 days) weighing in at around 1900-2100 grams. A large girl for her species.

[arash_hazeghi]

Welcome to BPN!

nice perspective, I like the open beak. BG is a bit grainy.

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