"Ricky"

[David Salem]

After having a great time with "Freddy" the Ferrugiunous hawk a few months ago, we are now hanging out with "Ricky" the Red-tailed hawk.
Once they become regular we name themHe is a beautiful adult male of the species.
He has been around for a few weeks and has been getting pretty tolerant of my truck. He likes one of the perches that we installed and if I get to the spot at the crack of dawn I can get a nice session with him in the early morning light. This was from yesterday and it was by far my best session with him and my buddy Glen and I got a bunch of great frames of him in many different poses. Here he has just taken off to hunt.

1DX---840mm---f6.3---ss1/3200---ISO800---HH from truck@7:25am---30% crop

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

David

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome image David. I love the in coming pose with superb light and details. Great exposure and colours. Sweet BG too. And oh did I forget the dangling legs and talons!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Beautiful approach image, David. Like the landing gear fully extended, and wing position. Great BG too.




Geoffrey

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments Sanjeev and Geoffrey.

[Bill Dix]

Great Red-tail shot, David. Superb background, great eye contact and wing position. Love the dangling legs from his take-off. Well done as always.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent dynamic pose in great light and sharp details. BG is gorgeous too. sweet shot man!

[Enrique Patino]

Awesome shot. Great pose and details. Some of the highlights are a bit hot though, I think. TFS

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Awesome pose, light and details, Dave. You've got to come visit and teach our local raptors here to be friendlier :)

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the IQ, details, dangling feet, wing position, light and BG. Excellent image David.

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone.

[Walker Noe]

Agree re the highlights, but everything else is on point, sharpness, details, pose, legs extended, HA, eye contact, comp, everything. Very nice image.

TFS
Walker

[Ritesh Nangare]

Awesome BIF with great details.......

TFS.

[Richard Flack]

Stunning image David... really like the pose, well done!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, great take off pose in lovely soft light. 'Ricky' is tack sharp, and I like the dangling legs showing off those talons. Sweet BG. What would I give to have a session like this.

[David Salem]

Thanks again everyone.
I did reduce the highlights in this but I guess I could selectively reduce the hottest spots on the wing. Thanks

[Binu John]

Excellent take off pose! Love the light, composition, details and the BG. Excellent work, David.