Red-tailed hawk
This is a closeup frame of the red-tailed hawk. The RTH is a very large raptor yet a skittish one. They often perch quite high on power lines, telephone posts or top of the trees making it difficult to make appealing frames. I used dense bushes as cover to approach this hawk and waited for him to take off. Hawk take-off shots are usually quite challenging, more often than not, the camera will focus on the talons leaving the head OOF/soft. I have had my share of such frames in the past. This is one example where the Bird Eye AF feature in the A1 (or generally head tracking) saves the day and makes a significant difference. The DOF is quite shallow, focus locked on the head an tracked it while the talons are almost fully outside of the DOF, but between the head and talons, I take the head being sharpest! Almost a full-frame image. Hope you like it
A1 600mm f/4GM ISO-640 1/4000 sec f/4. Handheld processed with C1P.
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