Red Tail Hawk

[Adams Serra]

I took this picture in a park in downtown Orlando, the Red Tail was chasing some pigeons and landed on a light post. When i looked up a noticed the flag in the background, so i moved back and was able to get one shoot before he flew away.

Canon 20D
F 20.0
1/200
Iso 200
Compensation. -1/3

All comments are appreciated.

[Lana Hays]

That's pretty cool. image. The hawk looks good but I would like a little more room at the bottom even though I know you were lessening the "perch". This is probably picky but I wish that the flag were blowing left to right instead of right to left.

[Alfred Forns]

Great timing Adams !!!! A keeper !!!! Would suggest cropping the pole along with a bit from the right side I like this a lot !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Fabs Forns]

Super cool idea, very appropriate. You can make some kind of greeting card for the 4th of July ;) (No discrimination towards bids lol)

[Jeff Nadler]

A very nice idea. The bird's steepish angle and missing bottom part, mae my eyes wander below though, looking for more.

[Jim Poor]

. . .This is probably picky but I wish that the flag were blowing left to right instead of right to left. . .

I wonder if that is because to proper way to display the flag when static is with the field of stars on the left and so we are accustomed to seeing it this way.

Nice image still, and my one wish would have been for the bird to look the other way, toward the blue.

[Jim Neiger]

Nice concept with the flag as bg. It needs more room on the bottom for the rest of the hawk.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great idea!!!