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Red Tail Hawk waiting on a post

Red Tail Hawk waiting on a post
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cameraCanon EOS 6D

settings Aperture f/5 ISO 50 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 135/1 

upload_dateMar, 2016

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17 Comments |
vintagefemme
 
vintagefemme May 04, 2016
Beautiful eagle!! You must have good lens. Nice capture. Welcome to vb :)
valeriepullom
 
valeriepullom May 04, 2016
Great shot!
ferdhart
 
ferdhart May 04, 2016
Magnificent!
markedwards_1809
 
markedwards_1809 May 04, 2016
great capture fantastic detail.
TessMPhotography
 
TessMPhotography May 04, 2016
Great capture!
L0rkhan
 
L0rkhan May 04, 2016
Welcome to Viewbug! ^_^
Sightforlife
 
Sightforlife May 05, 2016
Great capture, looks extremely proud
aebrownphotography
 
aebrownphotography May 05, 2016
Excellent shot !!! welcome to ViewBug
laurenkaymyers
 
laurenkaymyers May 05, 2016
Beautiful! Welcome to Viewbug.
martinrodgers
 
martinrodgers May 05, 2016
Beautiful Bird of prey which sort is it?
cristianoalmeida
 
cristianoalmeida May 05, 2016
nice shot
nataliejumper
 
nataliejumper May 05, 2016
Absolutely stunning!!
susieb
 
susieb May 05, 2016
Welcome!
Sandray
 
Sandray May 05, 2016
majestic!
jameswoodgreaves
 
jameswoodgreaves May 06, 2016
Great shot, welcome to viewbug
u8myufo
 
u8myufo May 08, 2016
Perfect rendition.
pauldrajem
 
pauldrajem May 08, 2016
great job great detail nice and sharp keep up the good work

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this shot near Simcoe Ontario.

Time

This was late morning, almost noon.

Lighting

I know many people try to avoid shooting at High Noon but I find it helps me sometimes, I like to drop the ISO as low as I can to get that great clear detail like I captured with this shot.

Equipment

Shot with my Canon 6D on a Monopod. I used a Canon 135mm f2 lens that I was trying out for the first time. 1/500 sec at 50 ISO.

Inspiration

It's not too often a bird of prey will stay still long enough to get a nice closeup shot. Just taking advantage of the opportunity.

Editing

I don't play with my images too much. I'm not very prolific with Photoshop or Lightroom yet. I crop and adjust some of the levels a bit for now.

In my camera bag

I tend to pack my bag for what I am planning on going to shoot that day. I almost never take everything when I go out. Most times I take just one or two lenses and either a mono-pod or a tripod for the longer lens. So my bag usually has an extra lens, batteries and SD cards. Yes, sometimes I get out somewhere and find that I wish I had something I left behind but most times you can learn to use your equipment in a different way then. Just have to get a little more creative some days.

Feedback

Patience, Patience and Practice! Doing a little research on some of your targets before going out isn't a bad idea. I spent a day or two looking for Snowy Owls at the wrong time of day. I know better now for next winter. Whenever I go out in the car I rarely go without a camera with a mid range lens, like a 70-200mm or the 24-105mm with me. You just never know what you are going to see.

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