Topic: NYC Hawks (Read 1721 times)

Jeremy Payne · « **on:** July 04, 2009, 09:06:49 am »

There's a surprising abundance of wildlife in Manhattan. We even get the occasional lost coyote.

Nearby my apartment in Riverside Park, we have a pair of nesting Red Tail Hawks that had three babies this year. The biggest of the three died when it was hit by a car, but the other two are still going strong. It has been fun watching them learn to fly.

Birds are generally not my thing, but I have had the occasion to shoot them a couple times ... here's some shots of mom and the babies ...

Enjoy!

Ed Blagden · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:26:38 pm »

Nice work

I like #1 the best - I think the others suffer because of blown sky (impossible to avoid I know) and / or foreground twigs getting in the way. But #1 doesn't have these issues and is damn good.

Ed

shutterpup · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2009, 02:29:46 pm »

Like Ed said, #1. What I especially like about it is the great camo effect of the tree trunk against the hawk's wings. And especially, no blown out sky to detract!

RSL · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2009, 04:10:12 pm »

It's a neat series. I agree that asf art, #1 excels. Good shooting.

button · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2009, 09:49:15 am »

I think if you crop out the blown out bit of sky in #1 (or at least pull down its brightness level), you'd make it even stronger. The lines work quite well in that shot. Good work.

John

cmi · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2009, 09:48:37 am »

I like the first most!

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Jeremy Payne