More Cooper's hawk photos
Aug 11, 2017 20:36:47 #
My little friend came back for another try a the bird feeders.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
Aug 11, 2017 20:39:44 #
Aug 11, 2017 21:10:30 #
Tikva wrote:
Nice captures.
Thank you, but the bird and camera cooperated, I just pulled the trigger.
Aug 11, 2017 22:27:01 #
Tet68survivor wrote:
My little friend came back for another try a the bird feeders.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
Beautiful shots. Lucky it posed for you. I noticed the chest feathers are not in focus; I have been unable to get sharp shots of these hawks. I can get the eyes, but not the feathers. I was wondering whether that is a factor with the interplay of feather texture and auto focus. I have also tried manual with no luck. Any suggestions? Matt
Aug 12, 2017 01:28:35 #
I am not sure about the feathers being out of focus for your pictures, but I focused on his/her eye all the way through the series ( I have another 15 shots not posted here) and by focusing on the eye the surrounding feathers and background had little to no DOF, but that is on purpose! I will look closer at the rest of the photos to see if what you said happened! Thanks for noticing!
Aug 12, 2017 03:56:22 #
Aug 12, 2017 08:17:47 #
Tet68survivor wrote:
My little friend came back for another try a the bird feeders.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
Nice set.
Aug 12, 2017 09:40:45 #
Aug 12, 2017 09:56:38 #
Aug 12, 2017 10:41:31 #
Tet68survivor wrote:
My little friend came back for another try a the bird feeders.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
All shot using the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron 16-300 telephoto lens.
Cool set😎
Aug 12, 2017 11:40:59 #
Matt Quinn wrote:
Beautiful shots. Lucky it posed for you. I noticed the chest feathers are not in focus; I have been unable to get sharp shots of these hawks. I can get the eyes, but not the feathers. I was wondering whether that is a factor with the interplay of feather texture and auto focus. I have also tried manual with no luck. Any suggestions? Matt
Hi Matt, sorry I didn't respond sooner, the chest feathers are as sharp as anyone can get them, yes it's part of their camoflage! I focus on the eye, because the way my camera is set and about to be changed, it never looked right! So I picked the eye, nade as focused as I could and this is what I got! Now I do have photos of his/her wing and tail feathers which show great detail and focused! I will try to find then and post so you can see! It's a fascinating bird! It had my. Local Audobon guy confused he kept telling me it was an.immarmture Red Tail, I see Red Tails 100 times a day in my back yard but this guy was absolutely NOT a Red Tail. I also think I have a Northern Harrier here, but he's too fast for me to capture on camera, but I will continue to try!
Aug 12, 2017 20:27:45 #
I should have added captions, the First photo was a Jet plane flew by, the Second a field mouse ran by, the Third a squirrel poked his head out from under the gas grill, and the Fourth. well just a 240mm shot, 1/60 sec, ISO 220, f10 at 50 feet.
Aug 12, 2017 23:27:06 #
Aug 13, 2017 18:24:29 #
Looks like the same guy I got Sunday afternoon. My post is an unexpected visitor.
Aug 13, 2017 18:28:19 #
bobbyp7714 wrote:
Looks like the same guy I got Sunday afternoon. My post is an unexpected visitor.
It may very well be, but if you I'm going out an ask it for an ID, I'm thinking not! LOL
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