Red-tailed Hawk Taking Off.

[Karl Egressy]

Yet an other image of the same bird. This in fact the first frame, the one already posted was the second (better) frame.
Too bad that the beak is merged with the wing.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D MIV
Canon 300 f2.8 L IS (borrowed from my wife)
ISO 800
1/1600 s
f4.0
HH

[keith mitchell]

Karl take your point re( Too bad that the beak is merged with the wing )it would be lovely to get everything we would like, still a great looking image with the grass hanging from the birds feet and plenty of detail under the birds wing.

[Bill Dix]

Nice take-off shot, Karl. I agree with your self-critique.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Karl, excellent forward wing position, and I like the colours on this species. I would crop up from the bottom to lose the brown leaf, or clone it out.

[David Salem]

Nice take off shot Karl. I like the HA even though it intersects with the wing and the catch in the eye looks great. Well done with this hawk.

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb take off pose with very nice HA, wing position, colors,habitat and composition.

Regards,
Satish.