Red-tailed Hawk

[James Salywoda]

Red-tailed Hawk
SoCal


Taken this morning in some late light as the Hawks locally here have been active as I look forward to shooting
them this winter especially when I get my 600mm back from being serviced.
This shot was taken using the 70-200 2.8 with a 1.7 TC not a bad combo at all just
wished I had more reach.:(

Nikon D300 70-200 2.8 1.7 TC

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Harshad Barve]

lovely wing and tail pose ,
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

James, great banking angle, and the hawk pops from the BG very well. Well captured.

[Paul Randall]

Hi James, love this shot. Looks like it could do with more detail in the face and the talons. A bit of selective contrast perhaps. Cheers, Paul Randall

[Kiran Poonacha]

Lovely image Jim, nice light and wing spread. loved the eye contact too, the BG showing habitat adds well here, congrats..

[arash_hazeghi]

very beautiful Jim, the key is to capture a colorful BG which you have managed very well here. The light was a bit harsh and lifting of the shadows has revealed some noise in the dark areas. Still a great shot

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely pose and details Jim. did you apply some blur to the BG in PP?

[Raymond Barlow]

nice one James., that combo is not easy to work with.

[James Salywoda]

Thanks all for the nice comments and advice

Nothing was done to the bg other then some noise removal the distant trees are showing some fall colors....