thommorris

Hawk Eye

Hawk Eye

A juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk looks warily at the camera.

A juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk looks warily at the camera.
Read less

camera

NIKON D610

settings

settings

Aperture f/1.0 ISO 400 Shutter 1/320

upload_date

upload_date

Feb, 2015

Views

271

Likes

+39

Awards

Superb Composition

+3

Top Choice

Absolute Masterpiece

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

Peer Award

All Star

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 30 rank week 2

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 3

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Categories

See all

Same photographer See all

This was my first attempt at portraiture with a single light source. Thanks to Garrett Johnson for being able to keep a straight face long enough for

I was trying to think of an entry for the commercial product photography contest. I like Martin guitars. I like wine. What do they have in common? The

It was a nice sunset for our surf themed shoot. I was thinking of Endless Summer or Five Summer Stories...in May

DSC_4768 Four Favorites

While the sunset still had some life left, I took this one just as the pier lights came on. No star filter, I'm told the aperture makes that happen wh

While these orchid blossoms looked beautiful in color, black and white brings out their rhythm and pattern.

In the greenhouses at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina is a stunning collection of plants. A botanists dream. These looked great in c

A Fritillary Butterfly dries itself in the morning sun after emerging from its chrysalis.

Realized I could improve on this photo, I did the improvements and deleted the first one.

Shooting our Christmas card, our son wouldn't cooperate and kept making goofy faces. We decided we would all pull a face for this frame. What does he

Experimenting with the Fire Escape shot in BW and HDR. Pleased with the results.

Trying my hand at makeup. Dia de los Muertos style.

Stayed overnight at Joshua Tree and woke to a winter wonderland. Headed out of camp with my Infrared and visible spectrum cameras and had a great time

Hiked a few kilometers to reach Wall Street Mill, an abandoned gold mining operation in Joshua Tree National Park. This car has been slowly disintegra

A bull elephant wrestles with an adolescent male. It won't always be playful.

This is from a shoot done for National Photo Walk Day in 2014. It had some great colors, but I knew it would also work in Black and White. Did some pl

Lying next to a pond to get low.

Addison is a mother-raised cheetah at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. As such, she barely tolerates humans. As you can see, she is not too happy being

Discover more photos See all

Fox kit by casperkerrivan

Sunrise Lion by Amart535

A Robin taking off in spring
by kjetilstenslandvilnes

smirk by creekwater32

In the middle of the Spanish desert. by barbarapustelnik

A Woman and Her Horse by tylerfitz94

Coming in for a landing, this goose tried to steady himself for the slippery icy waiting for him. I was lucky to catch him in mid wing flap. by alderimages

Red squirrel holding walnuts by geertweggen

Red -eyed Tree Frog seems to be having a moment of emoting. by khalli

Was so very lucky to come around a curve in the road and have this lynx walking towards me. I pulled over and parked, grabbed my camera and starting s by DJMayImages

King Pein by cathos1244

Kicia by kasiadoroszkiewicz

Another shot of my dear friend Balder. Done with an old post war Zeiss Jena 2.8-180 "Olympia", originaly released in 1936, still a damn good by AndreJaingam

Young Highland by MikkoSage

young maned wolf looking into the sky by uwegibkes

Cyrus by johnmazzei

40 ton of adult humpback whale in full breach by JohnSmall

Half-bred gelding Bej running free in the misty morning by edytatrojaskakoch

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.