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Challenge: Free Study 2009-03 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Location: Havertown / Philadelphia, PA
Date: Mar 20, 2009
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2009
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Not sure, but this seems to be a Red-tailed Hawk (Please correct me otherwise).
I went out to this very tiny park, which is basically a strip of land with a small creek, between two major roads, nearby my daughter's place.
I wanted to find and got some shots of birds on their freedom; I could hear few actively chirping around, but they all disappear at my arrival, so after few silly shots here and there I gave up, as it was getting colder too.
Turning around, just notice this big tree and thought it would give a nice silhouette... Lo and behold, this hawk calmly sitting there... This "bird" was much more than what I was looking for!
I scrambled to change lenses, afraid I was going to loose it, but he didn't bother with my presence at all. Actually I had to make quite some noise several times to call his attention to look at me and never bother to take off. I got tired first, cold but happy with some nice shots of my newly feathered friend, so I left him enjoying a brisk and beautiful evening... Hope he found a nice dinner...
(Now I'm thinking, maybe it was him who scared the first birds and made them flee away, not me)
From the same day:
 
Outtake:
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04/08/2009 12:35:42 AM |
| Very very engaging. Composition conspires with diagonals and round burrs and round eyes. |
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04/07/2009 08:17:38 PM |
| Makes me want to hide behind a shrub! That looks like a good-sized hawk. |
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04/06/2009 02:13:43 PM |
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04/04/2009 10:46:25 AM |
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04/03/2009 11:45:07 PM |
| That is an unusal expression on that birds face |
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04/03/2009 11:06:51 PM |
| excellent, 7, must have been shot in the wild , you did a great job here. |
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04/03/2009 08:09:39 AM |
| very good eye contact...depth of field is great |
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04/02/2009 06:18:08 PM |
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