Sharp-shinned Hawk

[Jim Neiger]

New Jersey - 1D3, 300mm+1.4xTC, hand held, 1/2000, F6.3, ISO 500, manual exposure

[Stu Bowie]

I really like the angle of flight, showing the feather detail nicely. Lovely wingspread, and like the eye contact. Well captured Jim.

[Brian Barcelos]

Truly amazing flight shot. Love the dorsal view with plenty of feather detail. Sharpness looks spot on. I know how hard it is to get one of these and you nailed man. Congrats

[Don Anderson]

Whats not to like? Very nice capture.. any flying hawk shot in focus and
well exposed is wonderful.

[Bill Dix]

Nicely done. I tried to get these guys at Raccoon Ridge in NJ a week ago, without much success. This one is banking nicely for you, and very sharp.

[Alan Murphy]

Jim, this is really nice buddy. You put down the 500?

[Jim Neiger]

Jim, this is really nice buddy. You put down the 500?

I was letting Kevin use it on my other 1D3 body. He is going to get a 500mm and wanted to really try it out first. Part of the time I was there my 500mm was at Canon service. One of my 1D3s was stuck to the lens (broken pin). I borrowed Artie's 500mm and used it while mine was in the shop. I'm still married to the 500mm. Just don't tell my other wife I said so. Canon replaced the shutter in my 1D3 and they said the old shutter had over 300,000 acuations on it. Not bad for a little over 2 years.

[Michael Stern]

Truly a Wonderful Image!
Mike

[Alan Murphy]

Jm, you a 100% sure this is not a Coop? Small eye for a Sharpie.

[Jim Neiger]

Jm, you a 100% sure this is not a Coop? Small eye for a Sharpie.

I'm no expert on the subtle difference between the small male Coop and the Sharpie, but this bird acted more like a Sharpie and it's head was small compared to the Juvie Coops we were seeing a lot of. I think it's a Sharpie but I'm not positive. I'll check with Kevin.

[Brian Barcelos]

I don't want to turn this into an I.D. post but I agree with Sharpie. Very small beak for a cooper, and body posture has Sharpie written all over it, Sharply bent elbows and head tucked into shoulders.

[david cramer]

A real beauty. Nice and sharp with a great position and eye contact.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Another of your great images. Love the back pose and eye.

[Harshad Barve]

another amazing shot , loved shooting angle , details and pose
TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Jim,
You are a master of this style. Just in awe of your work! Well done mate. :)

[Kristin Brown]

Lovely Jim! As posted above, "what's not to like?". Using the 300? I aspire to take shots like that with mine. Great job.

[Mike Lentz]

Wonderful backside feather detail and head turn!
Can I assume this is a Cape May image? If so, I understand its a fine fall raptor photography location.