Male Goshawk in Flight

[Raymond Barlow]

Burlington, Ontario, Canada
D300 / 200-400 VR
1/400s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso320

hand held, full frame, natural light

taken at a recent flight workshop with my falconer friends, Goran and Dion.

[christopher galeski]

nice shot ray,thanks.

[Lana Hays]

Raymond
An interesting image of this one. I like the sharp head and wing blur. I wish the top wing tip wasn't clipped. This setting seems more cluttered than some of the others. I guess this wasn't part of the workshop. Still a beautiful bird.

[Raymond Barlow]

Raymond
An interesting image of this one. I like the sharp head and wing blur. I wish the top wing tip wasn't clipped. This setting seems more cluttered than some of the others. I guess this wasn't part of the workshop. Still a beautiful bird.

thanks Lana ... this bird was set up for perched shots, so when it lifted, I took a chance and got lucky imo., the clipped wing is unfortunate, but it was worth a try.

[Lana Hays]

Raymond
I thought that might be the case......and it's still a nice image. I'd have taken all of those opportunities as well. You certainly got a wealth of excellent images from your workshop.......definitely a tribute to the planning and work that you put in to it.

[Raymond Barlow]

Raymond
I thought that might be the case......and it's still a nice image. I'd have taken all of those opportunities as well. You certainly got a wealth of excellent images from your workshop.......definitely a tribute to the planning and work that you put in to it.

thanks Lana.. I work hard at it, and honestly, it is a lot of stress, but I really enjoy everything, so I sure won't complain.

[Juan Aragonés]

Hi Ray I like it a lot just the way you posted. The terrific eyes are to die for and the blurred wings adds a lot of action to the scene. Very nice job and I think that you had a lot of fun with this beautiful species

[Raymond Barlow]

Hi Ray I like it a lot just the way you posted. The terrific eyes are to die for and the blurred wings adds a lot of action to the scene. Very nice job and I think that you had a lot of fun with this beautiful species

thanks Juan... we will have him this weekend, weather pending, really looking fwd to this one.

[Fabs Forns]

I like it as presented also, the focus is really in the face and the rest is movement!

[Raymond Barlow]

thanks Fabs... this is now a bump forum??

[Gus Cobos]

Excellent Capture Raymond.
I love the wing blur. The facial expression and the intense look is a killer...good show...I like it as prsented...:):cool: