Redtail Hawk

[Thrillbilly]

This guy was kind enough to stick around for a quick shot.

 

[sde]

Redtails are great! They are the most abundant hawk in north America I believe.

I go a cool video of one on my trail cam, they are beautiful animals.

 

[Thrillbilly]

They are pretty cool, it is even better when they sit for a moment so you can get a photo. Actually, the photo I posted is cropped quite a bit as the original shot was quite a bit wider. That is the nice thing about originals that are 6000x4000. You can crop them quite a bit and still get an ok pic

 

[sde]

Yes indeed a good pic! Was he on a telephone wire?

Hey, and what camera do you use?

 

[Thrillbilly]

Yes he was on a telephone pole indeed. Here is the original photo prior to my cropping the one I posted. As you can see there is a lot going on with the wires etc. That is one of the reasons I chose to crop it. I posted a reply in your "what camera do you use" thread; however, I will post the same info here. I am currently using a Nikon D7100. For my insect and salamader pictures, I use a nikon 60mm 2.8 lens. For this shot I used an older lens I have which is the Nikon 50-200mm. This shot was taken at 200mm, f/9, and 1/200th sec. I need to get a new zoom lens but with kids birthdays and Christmas, I decided to hold off.

 

[sde]

Oh I forgot that was you in the camera thread, sorry.

I can see why you cropped it, even without the crop it is a good pic.
You take some wonderful photos man, all I have is a digital camera, I wish I had one of those that you have! Maybe when I get the money though I will buy one. I love the photos in your post "another hobby of mine" as well, the shot of the berries is great, as well as the scenic one.

Hey, did you ever send any pics into the photo competition? I have seen some of your tiger photos and they are really good. -Seth