Raptor Profiles

[jonh68]

All shot with D50 and 18-200 vr

Great Horned Owl

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282008992_FU73F-L-1.jpg

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282007969_aWmfW-L-1.jpg

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282008618_Sirg6-L-1.jpg

Harris's Hawk

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282010521_6bd9q-L-1.jpg

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282011276_QRjHp-L-1.jpg

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282011167_Ps3zf-L-1.jpg

Red-Tailed Hawk

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282012586_GCo5t-L-1.jpg

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282013054_xvJaF-L-1.jpg

http://jonh68.smugmug.com/photos/282013671_tS5RD-L-1.jpg

[Stormy1]

i love your shots, they look great, Close ups of animals are really cool, especially their eyes and faces in general,

[Ric Grupe]

That owl eye shot is freaky! :clap

Nice set. :thumb

[dbaker1221]

some really sweet shots here....the eyeballs are cool!!:ivar :ivar

[Jack'll do]

Wow! Wow! Wow! Fantastic.

[sandeep_aggarwal]

Amazing captures and I would agree that the Owl eye (3rd shot) is freakishly cool. How's you manage to get so close? What's the location? WOW!! :clap :clap :clap

[Maestro]

Owls are so photogenic! Extremely well done portraits.

[Harryb]

Good work Jon. :thumb

[jonh68]

Amazing captures and I would agree that the Owl eye (3rd shot) is freakishly cool. How's you manage to get so close? What's the location? WOW!! :clap :clap :clap

Thanks!

These raptors were part of the earth day celebration of Pascagoula River in Jackson County MS. They were being held by falconers, but I tried to get background shots that looked natural and cloned out any powerlines etc in the background. The last picture shows the surroundings in the relfection of the hawks eye.

Here's the link wildlifeoutreach.org. This organization takes care of these birds.