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Related: About this forumred tailed hawk in flight
Im working at getting better at birds in flight.
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Celebration
(15,812 posts)I have the same goal!
Gotta love red tailed hawks.
Nice crisp shots.
Johnny Noshoes
(1,977 posts)Thanks for posting.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)My initial thought was that if you opened the aperture up a little more, you could reduce the ISO and the noise in the sky, but the 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lens probably best works at f/8 any way.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)iso 640,shutter speed 1/2000 and let it pick the aperture. i like to avoid wide open if i can
Mira
(22,380 posts)Speck Tater
(10,618 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)ms liberty
(8,574 posts)UBCchuck
(22 posts)Beautiful, just beautiful!
MsPithy
(809 posts)Especially the third.
It is so good in fact, you should have it enlarged to life-size, attach it to a piece of foam core, cut out the hawk with an exacto knife and suspend it with fishing line from your ceiling. Hanging it really high will look best.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)really cant be enlarged any more
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
kooljerk666
(776 posts)and they were the only bird we heard in the AM.
I found several rabbits, dead & eaten & after a few weeks they moved on.
Since they left, squirrels are back thats it, no rabbits, ground hogs or any edible sized mamals.
location SE PA 1/2 between Hawk Mtn & Philly.
BTW Hawk Mtn during migration season is more than 1 RPM (Raptor Per Minute & great for hiking & photography.
Yesterday 8 Red tailed hawks & 4 Golden Eagles went by.
http://www.hawkmountain.org/
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)I think we have Red-tailed Hawks here in the Texas Hill Country. I know a neighbor's Pom once got herself some nasty claw marks from a giant owl while it was still early twilight, not even dark yet. Guess it was trying to fly off with her. I never let my dogs go out unless I'm with them. I don't think the hawks could fly off with them, but they might mistake them for rabbits or squirrels and try and make a meal of them.
kooljerk666
(776 posts)....and have seen more "missing cat" posters last few years than I ever saw before.
A guy down the street had a 10-15 lb Eng Lab puppy & after I point out all the raptors around the neighborhood he was with him outside, close, all the time.
The Lab, Bucky is over 100lbs now & hawk resistant.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)We live 30 miles out of San Antonio and into the Texas Hill Country where there are a lot of land developers making new subdivisions all the time. The housing market crash didn't touch us at all up in this neck of the woods and yuppies are still wanting their McMansions on acreage so they can brag to their friends in the city that they live in the country. What it means is that these new subdivisions have been displacing the wildlife and they've moved into the local neighborhoods to hunt and subsist. We have coyotes, bobcats, javalinas and just last month, the telephone/internet guy had to come over to our place when our service went down. He surprised some raccoons in our attic that had chewed through our cables. We're lucky our county animal control caught them and hauled them away. I've heard in some places people have to pay pest control to do it.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)in the chicago suburbs
rdking647
(5,113 posts)i took these pictures in south austin
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)You can get to Austin in 55 minutes from my place taking 46 all the way.
jerseyjack
(1,361 posts)Also consider "Pale Male" from Netflix.
palemale.com has daily updates on the NYC hawks and other Central Park wildlife.
He is an extraordinary photographer.
blondie58
(2,570 posts)The kings of the air...
colorado_ufo
(5,734 posts)canonfodder
(208 posts)Early morning or late afternoon?
rdking647
(5,113 posts)about 2pm.
canonfodder
(208 posts)You caught the lighting just right on a couple of those.
Very hard to do at that time of day.
rdking647
(5,113 posts)im able to keep him on my left or on my right . when i approach him he flys from one pole to another about 1-200 ft away. then i can back away and approach from another direction.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Spectacular birds!
SouthernDonkey
(256 posts)Both the shots and the bird! Last one is my favorite!