Worthy catch and under trying conditions, Brendon. Your son is to be rewarded for his sharp eyes. Not to detract from this image, but in the interest of ornithological accuracy, I don't think it's a Red-Shouldered hawk. They have a scattered speckled chest. I have shots of this species as well, but my bird book doesn't have a decent photo from this angle and with these chest markings.
Jack --- On Thu, 2/17/11, Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk > To: "pdml" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 8:53 PM > So today I'm having lunch with my 3 > year old when he starts pointing out the > widow and saying, "Daddy, there's an owl! An owl!" I asked > him where he was > looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor > in a tree not 25 > feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still > and I slowly got up > and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, > and it's 30 degrees out > and snowing. No matter. > > > I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature > difference will fog the > lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a > hair dryer and from > about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens > ....gently. Finally I can > line up the shot. > > Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take > it. You almost never > get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest > image ever, but again, > I'll take it. > > http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html > > -Brendan > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
