Hawk
This photo has had no creative editing except for use of contrast and-or cropping with Cannon Photo Professional. Cannon T5. See more on my Facebook Page at ht...
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This photo has had no creative editing except for use of contrast and-or cropping with Cannon Photo Professional. Cannon T5. See more on my Facebook Page at https:--www.facebook.com-karanskornerphotos?ref=hl
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Location
I took this during Conowingo's Bald Eagle Day in October of 2014. Conowingo Dam has hundreds of Bald Eagles and all kinds of other birds and animals that reside in the area. Each year they have a particular day that visitors can get help on how to get some good shots from the professional and semi pro photographers that come to the dam often. They also have all kinds of other places that come to the day to show off various birds who cannot be released back into the wild for different reasons. This Hawk was one of them. I thought that he was just so regal sitting there with his handlerTime
Mid afternoon of a beautiful warm and sunny day in the beginning of autumnLighting
Since the day was perfectly sunny, it is all natural lighting on this beautiful bird.Equipment
Cannon T5 with Cannon 18-55 mm kit lensInspiration
I just thought this Hawk was so regal and beautiful sitting on the handlers arm, so calm all the while the handler was talking about him and showing everyone his claws and how he catches his prey and who wide his wings are.Editing
The only thing that I did to the photo in post processing was to crop and tweek the contrast. This was one of my first days with my new camera and the software and did not really know how to do much else and I think I did a good job getting the shot SOOC.In my camera bag
Cannon T5, Cannon 18-55 mm kit lens, Cannon 75-300 mm lens, Sigma 18-250 mm Lens, tripod, various filters, macro lens, wide angle lens, magnifying filters, flash, flash box, 4 batteries for camera, extra set of batteries for flash, lens cleaning supplies, wrist strap and shoulder carrying strap.Feedback
Find a bird or animal that interests you that you can zoom in and still see some detail and focus on the eyes. If the eyes in focus, it is usually a wonderful shot. Watch the animal for interesting moves, like cleaning itself, getting ready to come in for their prey, the regal and beautiful look, etc.
