Red Tail

[AIRIC]

I found myself a young Red Tail Hawk that likes to have his photo taken.

Thanks for looking,

Eric

 

[abraxas]

Gorgeous shots.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

Now those are really nice... esp. 4 & 5

 

[Antarctican]

^^ I agree...nice closeups, and the stance/position of the hawk in 4 and 5 makes them my faves of this series.

 

[Fliphishermon]

What lens are you using?

 

[AIRIC]

Thanks everyone. These were shot with a Nikon D-200 and the Nikon 70-300VR lens.

In the past two years I have gone through the Nikon 80-400VR lens and Sigma 50-500EX lens and both these lenses fell short of my expectations. The Nikon 70-300VR comes in at a fraction of the price and almost never fails to lock onto a target. At 300mm it lacks reach for wildlife compared to a 500mm but is always sharp so you have the option to crop. A full frame shot is useless if it is not sharp.

Eric

 

[David_Senesac]

Excellent set of portraits of that hawk, well done. I always prefer such images to be sharply focused reflecting a good choice of fast shutter speeds and with shadowed areas reasonably illuminated like you have successful captured here.

 

[AmberA100]

Great series!! :thumbup:

Amber

 

[AIRIC]

Excellent set of portraits of that hawk, well done. I always prefer such images to be sharply focused reflecting a good choice of fast shutter speeds and with shadowed areas reasonably illuminated like you have successful captured here.

Thanks everyone.

Eric

 

[doenoe]

oh wow, that is a great set of pics :thumbup:
I really like #5, good stuff

 

[heip]

Glad to see you posting again. You have such a talent, especially with things with wings.

 

[tpe]

All i can say is slurp, lovely shots.

tim

 

[LokiZ]

All I can say amazing, truly amazing. Makes me feel as though I am there!

Thanks for looking? Thank you for sharing!

 

[lostprophet]

great shots mate and he does look happy in #2

 

[lordson]

those are some really good shots in

lucky bugger

theres no cool birds around where i live