Finally got a Red Tail Hawk (I think) in flight
Nov 10, 2012 10:07:33 #
This guy was pretty high up in bright sunlight so I had to boost the fill light quite a bit to get any kind of detail on the underside and crop pretty drasticly to get a decent size image. When I spotted him(her?) I was driving and had a wide angle mounted. I had to pull off the road, switch lenses, jump out and then try to simultaneously focus, pan and raise my shutter speed (it had been set to 1/50 with the wide angle) ... unfortunately, I only managed to get it up to 1/640 before he was too high to get any more shots so these are not a sharp as they could have been, but I was pretty happy with the results under the circumstances. Tail looks pretty "red", but I'm not sure if that's what it is?
Nov 10, 2012 10:59:15 #
Nice photos Larry but focus isn't real sharp, it appears that you could have used a longer lens.
Nov 10, 2012 11:58:30 #
Silver Fox wrote:
Nice photos Larry but focus isn't real sharp, it appears that you could have used a longer lens.
Thanks Silver Fox ... actually, these were taken with a Sigma 150-500 fully extended. Unfortunately he/she was high enough that they are heavily cropped and I only had my shutter speed at 1/640, so yeah ... definitely not "tack sharp".
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Nov 10, 2012 12:35:26 #
thefunxtr wrote:
This guy was pretty high up in bright sunlight so ... (show quote)
Kudos on getting that Hawk after all you went through!
Nov 10, 2012 13:34:40 #
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Nov 10, 2012 13:36:56 #
fosgood11 wrote:
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Thanks for the thumbs ups fosgood11!
Nov 10, 2012 13:40:24 #
I have the same lens and under the circumstances you described getting these photos I think they look GREAT! We have a huge population of Red Tails up here and they come in many different colors (Morphs). Look it up on the computer and you'll be amazed at the variety. Once again, great shots!!!
Nov 10, 2012 13:43:45 #
Nov 10, 2012 14:45:59 #
Take a look at the circumstance, you weren't exactly in your blind waiting for Mr. Red Tail to show up.
These are excellent considering the circumstance. Most of mine look like this when everything (except me) is perfect. Well done. I think this is an exciting way to shoot. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
These are excellent considering the circumstance. Most of mine look like this when everything (except me) is perfect. Well done. I think this is an exciting way to shoot. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Nov 10, 2012 15:17:12 #
thefunxtr wrote:
This guy was pretty high up in bright sunlight so ... (show quote)
Nice shots!!
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Nov 10, 2012 16:18:39 #
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