jrsosky

Kestrel

Kestrel

Kestrels - awesome little raptors. This was taken at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum.

Kestrels - awesome little raptors. This was taken at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum.
Read less

camera

Canon PowerShot G10

settings

settings

Aperture f/4.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250

upload_date

upload_date

May, 2013

Views

298

Likes

+33

Awards

Staff Winter Selection 2015

Absolute Masterpiece

+1

Superb Composition

Top Choice

Jaw Dropping

Outstanding Creativity

Peer Award

Exceptional Contrast

Magnificent Capture

PRO+

Beautiful, love these little hawks with their wonderful colors and markings. Great job.

I love how sharp this picture is. These birds have a beautiful coloration. Great sharp image.

Platinum

What an awesome capture! Beautiful! Great detail.

what a beautiful bird and you captured it so beautifully

excellent colour and composition and detail.... love it...

Beautiful bird greatly captured!

awesome shot

A really awesome image!

Platinum

WOW that's a great shot, well done

Platinum

Wow, what a great portrait!

Very nice

lovely capture, great exposure,

Just Great Shot

Brilliant! Such Incredible Clarity and Focus! This is certainly one Stunning Capture!

A beautiful bird , I love all types of birds but hawks are special ! Love it ! - Maureen :-)

See all

Same photographer See all

Blue swimming in blue…a dorsal view of a blue shark swimming beneath me in blue open water.

Smooth over coarse

I like this shot, because when watching this little guy through the viewfinder, it would look up and around a lot trying to figure out places to go (I

On a past outing with one of our foster kids. Her and I went to a local park to go look for "bugs and other critters" or to "go exploring". Anyway, sh

Hermissenda nudibranch, or sea slug. Shot was taken at about 15 feet deep using camera's flash for lighting.

This blenny fish was an exercise in patience. It's not the best picture, but I like it because of the story behind it. I must of spent about 45 minute

A swing ride done at a slow shutter speed and handheld...I'm trying to see if how much I can hold my hand with a slow shutter speed. I also wanted to

A closer look at our crab spider - love the eyes.

Split shot I took while snorkeling amongst a large school of anchovies off a small bay in California. Such a great experience!!!!

A camper diving down in the lake. (Honestly, he just wanted me to take his picture so he could see what he looked like underwater.)

A set of old wharf pilings and one mysterious bike along Ruston Way in Tacoma, WA.

Found a black widow and carefully tried to take pictures of it. A little nerve-wracking. Being so black, they seem hard to take pics of, but she clung

pilings

The Cannery Divers Memorial overlooking part of Monterey Bay.

21st street bridge 2

Dang monkeys! They got me again...and they're flaunting it, too.

When we had our foster daughters (they are sisters) in our care, we took them to the beach. This is the younger of the 2 sisters. It was their first t

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.