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Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Ombligo
Date: December 03, 2017 03:32PM
This Red Shouldered Hawk landed on my front porch rail and was kind enough to sit for a portrait. I see him around my front yard pretty regularly, but this was the first time he let me get close (about 8 feet) to snap a picture with my SX50.





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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Pam
Date: December 03, 2017 03:39PM
Nice! How lucky to get such a visitor!
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: vision63
Date: December 03, 2017 03:45PM
oooohhhhh! Look how pretty!
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: DP
Date: December 03, 2017 03:47PM
Nice! Sittin' pretty...






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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: hal
Date: December 03, 2017 03:58PM
that's a beautiful shot! I see those guys around here all the time.
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: December 03, 2017 04:19PM
....that's Hawk....where is Dove.....??



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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Kraniac
Date: December 03, 2017 04:29PM
Gorgeous birdy, just as gorgeous color photograph..lovely light where that green wash background at head level drops to deeper green below the neck and a bit of a suggestion of magenta in the feathers interacting with the green...

lovely.
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: testcase
Date: December 03, 2017 05:28PM
Nice shot! boink smiley
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: freeradical
Date: December 03, 2017 06:01PM
I wish some of those would frequent my neighborhood. I often see rats making the rounds along the top 2x4 of my fence.
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Racer X
Date: December 03, 2017 06:07PM
That hawk has some serious attitude!
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: lost in space
Date: December 03, 2017 07:06PM
What a great shot. Could'nt have come out better if it had been set up. Great colors and light.



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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: polychrome
Date: December 03, 2017 10:07PM
Nice!
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: MartyStickle
Date: December 03, 2017 10:16PM
Wow. Was that hand held?



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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Racer X
Date: December 03, 2017 10:21PM
No WAY I'd let a wild hawk on my hand!
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: MartyStickle
Date: December 03, 2017 10:34PM
smiley-laughing001
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Racer X
No WAY I'd let a wild hawk on my hand!



Asheville, NC Area
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: mattkime
Date: December 03, 2017 11:13PM
wow, perfect!



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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Ombligo
Date: December 04, 2017 03:47AM
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MartyStickle
Wow. Was that hand held?

Yes, 1/160 @ f5.6, 215mm



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"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: mrlynn
Date: December 04, 2017 07:04AM
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lost in space
What a great shot. Could'nt have come out better if it had been set up. Great colors and light.

agree smiley

I got some decent shots when a Cooper's Hawk perched on our fence last year, but none as good as that.

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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: billb
Date: December 04, 2017 09:40AM
great capture



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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: December 04, 2017 09:45AM
....thankfully it wasn't a burning bag of $hit.......



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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: mikebw
Date: December 04, 2017 10:31AM
Excellent!
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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Rick-o
Date: December 04, 2017 05:13PM
Nice shot!

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Re: Front Porch Visitor
Posted by: Pops
Date: December 05, 2017 01:47PM
That's a nice photo. Thanks for posting.
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