Lauren Heerschap
March 2025 - Ferruginous Hawk
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We were in Klamath Falls, Oregon in a photography workshop for photographing raptors. A winter storm had set in with 15 inches of snow, and at times it was 10 degrees below zero. This is a Ferruginous Hawk, ISO 200, 300mm, f4.0, 1/3200 sec. Processed in Lightroom, and I removed some snow spots in the sky In Ps. I like the look of the hawk, it seemed as if it was saying, "You poor humans without feathers". We were wearing 3 layers of everything, and shooting from both sides of our car with the windows down and the heater on.
3 comments posted
The snow on the poles etc definitely makes this a winter scene. I prefer shots of birds not to be taken liking up too steeply towards them, a few steps back could have created a better angle. As the quality will have been much reduced in converting to a low-res jpeg, I hope you have got good feather detail at the top of the breast on your original image. Posted: 03/13/2025 09:46:12
I like the bird and the way it looks at us. I find the item on the right somewhat distracting and would suggest removing it or cropping the image. I would like to see a bit more detail in the body off the bird. Try the Highlights slide in LR. Posted: 03/13/2025 19:16:40
The snow and ice certainly do add to the interest and it certainly looks cold. Posted: 03/17/2025 13:47:58