Great story and capture, Brendan. Pose and composition are great. The
hint of snow really adds too. At first I thought about a slight crop at the
top to eliminate that hint of twig business, but could go either way on
that. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendan MacRae" <brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com>
To: "pdml" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:53 PM
Subject: PESO - Red Shouldered Hawk
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
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