Red-tailed Hawk by tara11

Red-tailed Hawk

I was so excited to see the hawk again and on a beautiful day. He gave me a lot of time to fiddle with settings and move around. I really appreciate the opportunity to experiment and I'm so thankful that I I'll be able to see my settings once I upload :)

Note to self: don't take close to 400 shots unless you want to obsess ALL day about which shot to post . . .

Other shots from today:
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Beautiful picture!
January 5th, 2013  
Oh ... I think that he's getting to know you and is going to pose for you! This is beautiful ...and, I take that many shots when I'm doing (or trying to do) a shot like this. :)
January 5th, 2013  
@christinem Thank you Christine! I appreciate you stopping by and commenting.
January 5th, 2013  
@karenann Thanks so much Karenann - what a task! I feel like I've been looking at him ALL day. That is very labor intensive. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one. I kind of felt compelled to stay and take shots as long as he was still there. I couldn't leave plus I really wanted a shot of him in flight. Near the end though, I was getting boldy closer hoping that he'd fly away!
January 5th, 2013  
What a fantastic find
January 5th, 2013  
Beautiful, Tara! Good for youy and your persistence! ;~}
January 5th, 2013  
Nice capture - I would love to photograph some of the hawks that come to visit my yard.
January 5th, 2013  
Tara, wonderful shot. Love the background also.
January 6th, 2013  
A fantastic shot!
January 6th, 2013  
What a beauty. Great focus on the eye and details.
January 6th, 2013  
He's pretty! And so are the blue sky and green trees!
January 7th, 2013  
you got so close. Lucky woman. Fav. he is beautiful
January 7th, 2013  
@cheribug Thank you for the fav Cheryl! He was so cooperative; sat there for about 45 minutes. I hope to get better so that I don't have to sit there for 45 minutes trying to get the perfect shot :) I have a 300 mm lens which really helps!
January 7th, 2013  
@espyetta @fueast @if1 @maggie2 @soboy5 @grammyn @swilde Thank you so much my faithful followers - I always enjoy reading your comments.
January 7th, 2013  
Amazing how close you were able to get to this beautiful bird on such a gorgeous looking day :-)
January 7th, 2013  
Gorgeous bird!
January 8th, 2013  
A great `catch` and a wonderful capture
January 8th, 2013  
Great shot Tara- Lovely use of depth of field :-)
January 10th, 2013  
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