Red-tailed Hawk Lift Off.

[Raymond Barlow]

1/1600s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso250
D300 / 200-400 VR
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hand held, Natural light, 80% of ff

Thanks again to David Hemmings for a lot of fun photographing Raptors.

[Fabs Forns]

Good moment to catch, you should put this bird in your tax return :)
I like the patch of blue on the top left, it breaks the color scheme nicely.
I owe you something, on the way pretty soon :)

[Doug Brown]

Hi Ray. I like the talons, which look to be a little bloody on my monitor. I wish you had a little more eye contact and a more dramatic wing position. Since the bird is taking off, I'd probably crop a bit off the bottom and add some canvas up top.

[Nate Chappell]

Very nice Ray, I like the snowy scene as well, I might crop a little off the bottom and make it more of a pano.