Harris Hawk

[neptuno]

Another shot from HCT yesterday, he was flying quite close so this is full frame just with my 300f4
WDYT

Stan

7D, 300f4, 1/1600 @ f5, ISO 400

[Richspr]

Excellent details and light in this one Stan, good in flight capture

[neptuno]

Thanks for looking rich

Stan

[Alun]

Excellent capture, Stan. Great clarity and shadow detail.

[Lez S]

Hi Stan - lovely shot, a nice eye too.

[simmo]

Another great shot Stan. You can see the concentration in the birds eye.

[neptuno]

Thanks Alun, Lez and Simmo

Stan

[jackie lant]

A fabulous shot Stan with great colour and perfectly sharp.
You seem to be enjoying the 7D!
Are you glad you changed?

Jackie

[Pierre Le Suisse]

Thats a lovely clean sharp shot of a beautiful bird. I love the keen eyes and beak and theres just a hint of the talons. reminds me of the quote "nature, red in tooth and claw"
Pete

[grumpygeorge]

i bet ye are chuffed with this shot

[colin]

Great shot Stan, you must have been standing right next to me ................. oh, you were! He, he.

Colin

[neptuno]

Thanks very much everyone

You seem to be enjoying the 7D!
Are you glad you changed?

No contest Jackie - Dee now has one too, delivered this morning

Great shot Stan, you must have been standing right next to me ................. oh, you were!

You would have only got his head with your 500 Colin

Stan

[James Wheeler]

Stan,

My apologies, I thought I had commented on this. It's a wonderful shot, great composition, great sharpness, lovely wing position and a superb angle of attack.

There is an absence of anything like this round here, we used to have a place with birds of prey down the road but it closed down 4 or 5 years ago.

I can't wait until I get my tele-prime, I will have to make a point of going out and visiting some places similar to this.

[neptuno]

Hi James
Thanks very much for looking.

There is an absence of anything like this round here, we used to have a place with birds of prey down the road but it closed down 4 or 5 years ago.

I can't wait until I get my tele-prime, I will have to make a point of going out and visiting some places similar to this.

We have a similar place closer to home, at Ringwood but the flying grounds at the Hawk Conservancy, about 45 miles from us, near Andover, are much larger, so better backgrounds are available. Well worth a trip, if you are not too far away, I know of one photographer who regularly comes from Croydon. You would be fine for reach with your 100-400, most of the time I am using only up to 300mm.

Stan

[James Wheeler]

It's only about an hour and a half away it seems. Now to find a free weekend to visit! :)

I used to keep a Barn Owl (that was bred in captivity) and flew it off the glove regularly. I found some old negs recently with some photos of it taken with probably my old Canon body. I must get them scanned.