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    Caleb Royer
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    This Hawk is about 100 yards from its nest.
    It was so far up in the tree that I had to give it a 100% crop or actual pixels.
    I was about 200 feet from the Hawk.

    Date: 3/19/09 4:00pm
    Weather: clear
    Camera: Canon 40D
    Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
    Focal Length: 400mm
    Aperture: f/5.6
    Exposure Time: 1/800sec
    ISO: 100
    hand-held

    Comments and Critiques Much Appreciated:)

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    That is a pretty suspicious look. The heavy crop shows since there is a lack of details. I find the shadows on the back a bit distracting. In an ideal world there were fewer branches around him.

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    I agree with Axel.

    I understand your excitement seeing this beautiful raptor. Anytime I see a raptor I immediately think "photo op!!" but the reality is that most of the time the op really isn't there and may be only worth a look with binoculars. This is what I think is the situation here. Anytime you need to crop that much the image will suffer in loss of detail and "crispness".

    I do like the teasing glance it gave you...was this just moments before taking off? (Something that happens to me all the time with these guys..!?!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Cadieux View Post
    I agree with Axel.

    I understand your excitement seeing this beautiful raptor. Anytime I see a raptor I immediately think "photo op!!" but the reality is that most of the time the op really isn't there and may be only worth a look with binoculars. This is what I think is the situation here. Anytime you need to crop that much the image will suffer in loss of detail and "crispness".

    I do like the teasing glance it gave you...was this just moments before taking off? (Something that happens to me all the time with these guys..!?!)
    Yes, it took off after I got 2 photos.
    Do they fly away because they are scared of people?
    I hope I can get some much better photos once the babies in the nest I mentioned start to fledge and I plan on buying an extender to get a little closer.

    Thanks for your Critiques.:)

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    Most red-tailed hawks around here are very skittish. The best chance to get a little closer is when they caught something.

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    Caleb, it sounds like you will have more opportunities to photograph these beautiful red-tailed hawks. Hopefully you will be able to get closer and capture them in better situations. Will be looking for your next images of this bird!

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    After 11 AM the sun is pretty hight and you would have better light other times of day. If you know where the nest is then go earlier or stay much later.

    Keep clicking!

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