Waiting for lunch

[mjs1973]

I went for a drive on Sunday and I saw a bunch of Red Tailed Hawks sitting along the road waiting for their lunch to come along. Most of them flew away before I got a chance to get very close, but this one hung around for a while. These are full frame shots, no crop. I'm not thrilled with the dead center comp on them, but I can live with it till I get another chance to get out and shoot again.

Specs for both photos: 1/640 sec. f/5.6 500mm ISO 100

Comments and suggestions greatly appriciated.

[ShotsbyScott]

Nice shot, and it looks like you had a beautiful day to drive around also!

Scott

[mjs1973]

Thanks Scott. I don't know if I would say it was beautiful. The sun was out and they sky was blue, but so were my fingers and toes. It was about 8 degress out that day, not counting the wind chill.

[Overbeyond]

I went for a drive on Sunday and I saw a bunch of Red Tailed Hawks sitting along the road waiting for their lunch to come along. Most of them flew away before I got a chance to get very close, but this one hung around for a while. These are full frame shots, no crop. I'm not thrilled with the dead center comp on them, but I can live with it till I get another chance to get out and shoot again.

Specs for both photos: 1/640 sec. f/5.6 500mm ISO 100

Comments and suggestions greatly appriciated.

Its great that you got these shots at all. Second I like because I can get a good look at her and see the face.
Tom

[CarbonTerry]

To me the bird gets completely lost in the competeing branches, shadows, etc.
A tighter crop will help but there are still branches that get in the way. I appreciate the fact that you were out on a COLD day with your camera. Keep on making photo's