Theme: Red tail hawk take off

[Grace Scalzo]

From the old files, taken in 2007 when we were blessed to have a family of cooperative red tails take up nesting locally. This was one of the juveniles.
Cropped to vertical, added a bit of canvas up top.

1dmk2, 300 f 2.8 + 2xtc, handheld
1/1000, f8,ISO400

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely image! Awesome pose, sharp with good detail.

[Karl Egressy]

Striking image for the theme, Grace.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Love it. Nice and sharp great clean bg. Lucky for you to have had those photo ops.

[dankearl]

Very nice, Grace.
Great focus and exposure.
A bit more room on the right to fly into, would look nice to me.

[Mike Milicia]

Thanks for digging this one up! Stunning capture! Excellent exposure, detail, and comp!

[Sid Garige]

Fantastic take off image Grace.

[Dan Avelon]

wow! I have tried many times to get a photo like this and failed every single time

[Mark Itol]

Nice pose and perch. Excellent sharpness, too.

[anujgandhe]

lovely pose, details and perch...

[Randy Stout]

Grace:

Perfect timing, pose, clean view of the bird with minimal perch overlap.

At the risk of going a bit square, I would also consider a version with a bit more room to the right.

Always fun to find jewels in the files!


Cheers

Randy

[Mital Patel]

one excellent shot perfect for theme as well.

[Petros Petrou]

Very nice image. Great light and detail. Exposure looks just perfect. I like the fact that the right feet is still holding the perch tight
Another vote for a little more room to the right.

[Stu Bowie]

Grace, perfect timing to capture this pre-take off pose. Comp works well, the kite is nice and sharp, and the perch is not too busy.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

agree that that talon gripping the perch is excellent. what a nice wing position, light and bid angle. liked the perch as well. Very well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Awesome take off pose and great details!

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Grace! I like the details, pose and composition.