Red-tailed

[arash_hazeghi]

Red-tailed hawk with a wide zoom lens!!!!


Nikon D700 + 24-70 f/2.8G 70mm f/2.8 1/250sec ISO 200, 90% crop. Hope you like it. sw: LR2.4

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

The pupil looks red? IS that normal? Wow, a WA shot? That is fabulous mate! Love the pose and such graceful elegance. I do wish for a better perch, but ain't complainin' really. :D

[Kiran Poonacha]

Cool shot this.. that too at 70mm. Amazing.. Loved the pose.. congrats..

wished for more feather detail. I would personally take off some space from the top add at the bottom.

[Harshad Barve]

I am unable to picture :confused:

Harshad

[Mital Patel]

OMG this is at 70mm ? cant believe man.. too good. little sharpness over the body part on feathers can boost more IMHO.

[Erich Stevens]

Arash,

Terrific image and a beautiful hawk. I too wondered about the eye... there should be more definition, but maybe this guy has an eye injury or illness. I assume by 90% crop you mean you shaved off only 10% of the raw image. How'd you get so close?!

[Subharghya]

I love the Clarity of this image ... the reflection of the horizon in the eye makes it to lifeful .. Very Well Done !!

[Stu Bowie]

At 70mm, you should have asked him to sit on your hand. I like the detail, and light, and wonder if you straightened the perch, he would still sit vertically.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi guys, Thanks for the comments, not sure about the eye, it looked like a healthy bird to me, it must be due to reflection. I was about 20 ft away. so close but not as close as you think.

Sorry about confusion by 90% crop I meant that I did not resize that much (it is almost 1:1)

here is what the full frame was like. I just cropped the bird, reduced the vertical size from 1200 px to 1000 and posted. I should have said heavy crop.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Now that is an insanely huge crop yet is evidence of the ability of that D700 and good glass to capture fine detail. I would never have guessed! Thanks Arash. :)