Red-tailed Hawk

[arash_hazeghi]

Red-tailed hawk using his fanned tail to maneuver while banking



7D + 400 f/5.6L f/8 1/1000sec ISO 400. sw Canon DPP 3.7.2 Digital processing: crop

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Super shot man! I love the fanned tail and pose. Maybe a bit more sharpening on the eye? Anyway it's a killer IMHO. :) Thanks for sharing mate.

[arash_hazeghi]

Super shot man! I love the fanned tail and pose. Maybe a bit more sharpening on the eye? Anyway it's a killer IMHO. :) Thanks for sharing mate.

Thanks Akos, it already looks very sharp on my screen more sharpening and it will produce halos-thanks :)

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Maybe my work monitor Arash. :)

[david cramer]

The image is sharp on my screen. Beautiful pose with wing/tail spreads. Great detail too. Hand held or tripod?

[Daniel Ruscitto]

Great image. Sharp, great detail. Shows the bird very well. This is the kind of image that should be in bird ID books.

[Morkel Erasmus]

one of the best hawk images I've seen Arash...doing your 'handle' proud! I'll shut-up now and enjoy looking at the photo some more...

[Fabs Forns]

Absolutely stunning, love the details and sharpness and of course, the pose!

[Todd Frost]

Great capture of a beautiful bird. Exposure and sharpness are right on. Could not ask for better pose. Well done. TFS
Todd

[Nancy A Elwood]

Arash absolutely a stunner!! WOW!!

[arash_hazeghi]

The image is sharp on my screen. Beautiful pose with wing/tail spreads. Great detail too. Hand held or tripod?

Hi David, this was hand held ( 400 f/5.6 :D )

[Callie de Wet]

EISH! You have to be South African to understand the depth of feeling this exclamation means when used like this! THis is a stunner, I wish my photography was already on this level!

[Fernando Cerra]

The best image I have seen out of a 7D

[Stu Bowie]

Arash, one of your best IMHO. What a great banking angle, sharp, and you have exposed and captured great detail. Well captured.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash, I also think this is one of your best. I liked the crop a lot. Getting both wing postion and head angle right is not easy. Wonderful job.

[Doug Brown]

Well done Arash! Surely one of your best!

[Jay Gould]

Arash, while I do not always understand the scientific approach you take to photography, and I do try to read and understand it all, speaking for myself and perhaps others, I never want to hear you complain about the 7D again!! ;) :D

The image is spot on perfect!

Yeah, I know, you are about to say it is only ISO 400 yada yada yada.

You nailed the image; you nailed the camera!

Tack-sharp at 1/1000-f/8 which gave you sufficient DOF for what appears to be the whole bird.

TFS - great capture.

[arash_hazeghi]

Arash, while I do not always understand the scientific approach you take to photography, and I do try to read and understand it all, speaking for myself and perhaps others, I never want to hear you complain about the 7D again!! ;) :D

The image is spot on perfect!

Yeah, I know, you are about to say it is only ISO 400 yada yada yada.

You nailed the image; you nailed the camera!

Tack-sharp at 1/1000-f/8 which gave you sufficient DOF for what appears to be the whole bird.

TFS - great capture.

Thanks Jay, I guess you are confusing a few things here, I never said anything bad about 7D IQ or ISO, I made some comments about tracking birds against varying BGs which is not the case in this image. Thanks for the comments anyway:)

[Jay Gould]

Mate, even if I got it wrong - you got it right!