New Red Tailed Hawk

[ehughes]

Here's a Red Tailed Hawk I caught this evening.

http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/17169679-M.jpg

[Harryb]

Here's a Red Tailed Hawk I caught this evening.


Sweet Ed. A hawk in flight shot:thumb I want one of those.

[shaman]

Excellent shot Ed! I also love the windmill vanes, I don't see them that much anymore.
Did he just take off or was he getting ready to grab a field mouse or something?Here's a Red Tailed Hawk I caught this evening.

http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/17169679-M.jpg

[cletus]

Very nice, Ed! :clap

[ginger_55]

Sweet Ed. A hawk in flight shot:thumb I want one of those.
Those are great, ED. I love the colors.

Harry, I have some soft hawk in flight shots I will give you. One isn't too bad, it was getting there.

Yes, Ed, where do you find a windmill?

ginger

[ehughes]

He had just taken off from the windmill

http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/17169527-M.jpg

[jwear]

did you use a flash [maybe a dumb ? ] but new i am and want to know what i am looking at and see .This is a great shot all around color ect very nice :thumb JEFF

[ehughes]

did you use a flash [maybe a dumb ? ] but new i am and want to know what i am looking at and see .This is a great shot all around color ect very nice :thumb JEFF
No flash, way out of range , even with a better beamer..

[Angelo]

in flight AND framed with a windmill. the corrolation between wing and blade is extraodinary. bravo! :clap

[shaman]

It is, quite extraordinary!!! Love it, colors, composition... all!
in flight AND framed with a windmill. the corrolation between wing and blade is extraodinary. bravo! :clap

[pathfinder]

Here's a Red Tailed Hawk I caught this evening.

http://ehughes.smugmug.com/photos/17169679-S.jpg

Well done! :thumb

[Steve Cavigliano]

Sweet light too :thumb :thumb

Too bad he was so far away :rolleyes

I see lots of redtails, everyday on the way to work. They just sit on the lightpoles, waiting for dinner to fly by. This morning there were two of them doing a mating dance in the air, and real close :clap But, I didn't have the camera and was driving on the freeway (almost crashed while rubbernecking, as it was). I guess that's the way these things work....lol Like the phone ringing the minute you step into the shower :giggle

Ahhhh well, I guess it just makes those really good captures, when you finally get them, even more precious :):

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

[ehughes]

Thanks Steve, it was a little before sunset and I shot this across a pretty busy road. By the time I was able to turn around and try to get closer he was long gone...

I know what you mean about rubbernecking, it's amazing some days when I see something interesting, bird, car, whatever looks like it might be a shot, that I havn't run into another car (yet)

But that's one of the great things about photography, it really gets you to look around and actually see what's around you. ( if that made sense )

Ed

Sweet light too :thumb :thumb

Too bad he was so far away :rolleyes

I see lots of redtails, everyday on the way to work. They just sit on the lightpoles, waiting for dinner to fly by. This morning there were two of them doing a mating dance in the air, and real close :clap But, I didn't have the camera and was driving on the freeway (almost crashed while rubbernecking, as it was). I guess that's the way these things work....lol Like the phone ringing the minute you step into the shower :giggle

Ahhhh well, I guess it just makes those really good captures, when you finally get them, even more precious :):

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

[jwear]

No flash, way out of range , even with a better beamer..how did the lighting get to the bird from under ?? did you do something or ??? Jeff it's a great shot comp. ect everything :clap

[ehughes]

how did the lighting get to the bird from under ?? did you do something or ??? Jeff it's a great shot comp. ect everything :clap
Didn't do a thing, the bird is higher than you might think, and it's turning to it's right going away from the sun