Red-tailed Hawk

[Raymond Barlow]

Hamilton Ontario, Canada
D300/ 200-400 VR
1/500s f/8.0 at 400.0mm iso200

Hand held through the sunroof of my f150, natural light, 70% of full frame.

not sure on the sharpening on this one, could have gone for more?
cloned out a couple of small branches.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I like the composition. Would have loved some more sharpening.

[James Salywoda]

Such a beautiful image Ray I like how the perch frames around the bird. Well Done!

[Linda Robbins]

Clean simple image and nice composition. I would give it another round of sharpening.

[Raymond Barlow]

thanks everyone, here is a little more sharpening., about as far as I can go without too much haloing.,

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love this one Raymond and the composition is wonderful including a little more of the habitat of these birds. Your repost is much better. What a thrill it is to see these majestic birds and the pose you captured with an expectant look is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I like it very much, and altohugh one cannot see the red tail this shot works very well for me, repost looks better! Congratulations!

[Raymond Barlow]

thanks Judy!

I like it very much, and altohugh one cannot see the red tail this shot works very well for me, repost looks better! Congratulations!

Thanks very much Ramon, the red feathers of this bird are best seen from behind, as in this image

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y28...d-tailed3w.jpg

another one of my favs of this awesome species.

[Ramon M. Casares]

VERY nice shot Raymond, I apreciate your answer and thanks for sharing this other beautifull shot!

[Raymond Barlow]

VERY nice shot Raymond, I apreciate your answer and thanks for sharing this other beautifull shot!

thanks my friend, I was going to post that one in the future here, maybe!! :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

You should Raymond.

[Raymond Barlow]

You should Raymond.

ok buddy, coming up next time I have an opening., thanks.