Red-tailed Hawk

[David Salem]

This is an adult male Red-tailed Hawk flying by me in the early morning light.

1DX---840mm---f6.3---ss1/3200---ISO640---HH@7:15am---35% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[Binu John]

Fabulous shot, David! Excellent exposure, details, colors, light and processing! Love that gradient BG! Very well done!

[Randy Stout]

David:

Excellent light, colors, pose( with the slight angle towards us to allow view of leading edge of far wing.)

Cheers

Randy

[Grace Scalzo]

A beauty, David. Artistic in the way that the light color in the background echoes the shaped of the wings.

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb flight shot in nice lights on two tone BG. Beautiful colors, nice details and composition.

Regards,
Satisj.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Stunning image, gorgeous light, superb BG! What else can I say but WOW.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dave, fantastic light, and your normal high standard of detail shows up once again here. The two tone BG works well.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Great and sharp throughout, as usual. IDK how you did it, but having the blue sky in the image while not intersecting the bird is a HUGE plus. Just that little bit of color drew my eye in to the thumbnail.

The eye (and the catchlight) draw me right in to the head, which is angled just ever so slightly toward us. Not much more you can ask for there!

[David Salem]

Thanks again everyone.

Miguel, I have 3 to 4 nice frames from this flyby but this is the only one with the sky not intersecting the body so I was pretty happy to get this.
Thanks for the comment.

[Richard Flack]

Rock n roll David. That is an awesome image! Awesome all round. The rest has been said already. (Love the BG)

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone.