Red-Tailed Hawk

[Doug Brown]

This bird came in close and gave me a great look at its underwing feather detail.



Canon 50D, 500mm + 1.4x, f/6.3, 1/2000, ISO 500, +2/3 EC, no flash, hand held

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the underwing details, pose and eye contact. In your experience, is the 50D significantly noisier at ISO 500 compared with 400?

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

Very nice underwing display, perfect tail fan, good composition and eye contact

What was the lighting like, direction and quality? Was there snow on the ground to give fill?

thanks!

Randy

[denise ippolito]

Doug, This is really nice! Like the eye contact. Nice to see the wings and tail wide open with all that detail!

[Malcolm Benn]

Lovely soaring bird Doug, great detail .. nice to have 500mm and 1.4X. :)

[Philip Pietri]

Couldn't ask for more in this shot. Awesome detail on a beautiful specimen. Sharp as a tack and the light is quite nice.

[Maxis Gamez]

Gorgeous image Doug. Good details, sharp and exposure!

[Sid Garige]

Very nice job Doug. Great details and wing position.

[Doug Brown]

Doug: What was the lighting like, direction and quality? Was there snow on the ground to give fill?

Randy, this was taken from a boat in Florida. The light was reflecting off the water. I believe the sun was still a little high in the sky when I took this photo at about 2 pm.

[Grady Weed]

Doug, you wouldn't know you were in Florida and high bright sun just by looking at this very nice image. Exposure and details are very good, excellent indeed. O love the fan and wing tips. He is king of his domain and it shows. Lots to like here.

[Doug Brown]

I don't do a lot of ISO 500 work, so I'd have to dig through my files before rendering an opinion Axel. Maybe this weekend I'll have some time.

[James Salywoda]

Fantastic shot! Doug love the underwing detail and nice eye contact . Excellent work as always.......