First Hawk of the fall

[coastalconn]

I feel little rusty in my hawk ID, but I believe this is a Juvenile Red Tail. Didn't have much light this morning. Shot these with the Sigma 300 F4.. Comments Welcome...

1

Juvenile Red Tail Hawk 2 by krisinct, on Flickr

2

Juvenile Red Tail Hawk 1 by krisinct, on Flickr

3 I really wish I had a little more light for this one.. Oh well... 1/250th is just not fast enough...

Juvenile Red Tail Hawk Flight by krisinct, on Flickr

4 A tasty furball

Juvenile Red Tail Hawk - Furball by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[astroNikon]

great pictures as always.
Love the 3rd one with the slight blur in the wings

What differences do you see in subject isolation between a 2.8 and a 4 300mm lens ?
The price diff between a NIkon 2.8 and a 4 is quite significant.

 

[cbarnard7]

Beautiful bird! #1 is my favorite. I really like the last one too, but would like the see the highlights brought down a bit and maybe some more contrast, if possible. Good shots under the conditions!

 

[baturn]

As always these are excellent, and I kind of like #3 as is. The important bits are sharp.

 

[matthewo]

I like #2, but i like the left side look right more of #1 but the OOF limb is just a tiny bit more distracting then the background of #2

Hawks are always fun to shoot.

Im looking forward to you photos tomarrow with that 120-300, shoot that beast wide open and give us some fall bookah

 

[matthewo]

great pictures as always.
Love the 3rd one with the slight blur in the wings

What differences do you see in subject isolation between a 2.8 and a 4 300mm lens ?
The price diff between a NIkon 2.8 and a 4 is quite significant.

Hey, in my personal observations using a bunch of high end nikon telephoto lens, some borrowed and some owned, i would say the subject isolation is somewhat less drastic between f2.8 and f4 at 300mm and up. I find the biggest plus to the 2.8 glass is the massive increase in light for low light situations to keep you shutter speed high and or iso lower

 

[coastalconn]

great pictures as always.
What differences do you see in subject isolation between a 2.8 and a 4 300mm lens ?
The price diff between a NIkon 2.8 and a 4 is quite significant.

I would agree with Matthew on this one(see below).. I will hopefully be able to show you soon with some test shots..

Beautiful bird! #1 is my favorite. I really like the last one too, but would like the see the highlights brought down a bit and maybe some more contrast, if possible. Good shots under the conditions!

Thanks! I brought the highlights down to -38 which is the point that LR showed the Highlight clipping. I tried to bring it down lower but it didn't make much difference. The shot was just tough with the grey sky.. I went back and forth with the contrast. Thank you for your thoughts!

As always these are excellent, and I kind of like #3 as is. The important bits are sharp.

Thank you!

I like #2, but i like the left side look right more of #1 but the OOF limb is just a tiny bit more distracting then the background of #2
Hawks are always fun to shoot.
Im looking forward to you photos tomarrow with that 120-300, shoot that beast wide open and give us some fall bookah

I tried to get around a little further but the Hawk took flight too soon... It's here and it's pretty Started a thread in the lens section

great pictures as always.
Love the 3rd one with the slight blur in the wings

What differences do you see in subject isolation between a 2.8 and a 4 300mm lens ?
The price diff between a NIkon 2.8 and a 4 is quite significant.

Hey, in my personal observations using a bunch of high end nikon telephoto lens, some borrowed and some owned, i would say the subject isolation is somewhat less drastic between f2.8 and f4 at 300mm and up. I find the biggest plus to the 2.8 glass is the massive increase in light for low light situations to keep you shutter speed high and or iso lower

 

[Aloicious]

nice shots as always, I'm thinking juvi red tail too.