Redtail Hawk

[buzzsaw]

Taken this past weekend in Davenport, Iowa.

[Steve Foss]

Great capture of the flare, buzz, with lighting and pose just right, not to mention the eye contact. A truly excellent BIF addition to the portfolio.

[finnbay]

Very nice!

[buzzsaw]

Thanks, Steve. This was my door prize for not being able to get my homerun eagle shots while in Iowa this past weekend. This was originally an underexposed image that was dialed in correctly in PP using ACR and adjusting my exposure ++

I try not to have to count on the software, but in this case it helped me out... thats my honest moment for the evening.

[Dbl]

Beauty Mike!!!!

[WCS]

Very nice. I like it a lot.

[picksbigwagon]

Mike, why davenport for eagles? I am from NE IA and they congregate by the power plant in Lansing. In fact, I used to teach in Lansing and all winter long there were eagles at the power plant discharge.

[Paul]

Looks good Mike. I like the shot.

[buzzsaw]

 Originally Posted By: picksbigwagon

Mike, why davenport for eagles? I am from NE IA and they congregate by the power plant in Lansing. In fact, I used to teach in Lansing and all winter long there were eagles at the power plant discharge.

Well... because Davenport is an okay place to shoot them. There is a power plant here as well as well as a few other choice locations. Its only a 5.5 hour drive from Lakeville.

Thanks for the comments guys.

[Kyle Sandberg]

What a beautiful bird. How high up was it when you took the pic?

[buzzsaw]

It was maybe tree top level... 25 feet up approx...

[bigshow]

i've noticed a resident Red-Tail on my future building lot. I can only hope to capture an image like yours...

[icehousebob]

Beautiful,, a very powerful picture.

[buzzsaw]

Thanks, Bob. I appreciate the nice words.