We asked 2 falconers to fly their birds for us, and it was a lot of fun., the birds were beautiful, and the shooting challenging.

1.. male goshawk, 2.. Saker Falcon... 3.. Female Goshawk, 4.. Red-tailed, 5.. F Goshawk, 6.. RT.

1

Wow, I love the first one

Nice touch on the shutter speed Raymond, I like the feel in the wing blur. First shot is very cool, and that was a real challenge I bet to grab #5! Good fun, neat birds and glad you shared them

Karl

Wow,
#1 is way awesome...Great capture. #5 was quite the capture also.

~Bill~

I will have to go with #1 and #5 also, nice job.
Here we have to find them in the wild

Great Series Ray, I'll have to go with Tim and Bill's picks.

Garen

Very nice I really enjoyed seeing these.


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Wacky roger
Founding Member Of OOOPs

I don't know how you do it Ray, you always blow me away with something and as the others have said 1&5, WOW. Very well done. What I would give to have 5 under my belt.

Tim

I agree with the vote cast on #1, an amazing split second head turn and wing thrust that stamps, posts, and delivers extremely efficiently.

Excellent shots Ray.

#1 and #5 are just great...

-- V

You know, Ray, you're having waaaaaaaay too much fun Awesome set, Dude!

Ken

Absolutely big hands for #1. Great capture.

Beautiful series Ray,

we seem to have lost a lot of birds, but we're also seeing birds we don't normally do. I think they've lost their habitats and are out looking for new habitat. It's horrible So much of the wild area around here is just gone. It's going to take a while to come back. I've not seen nor heard a hawk for days. But I saw an Oak Titmouse & a Spotted Towhee to my great surprise in our garden - - not happened before & they're not going to come back either.....

Anyhow - - beautiful series

Lil - - going back to her cleanup job after the wildfires - - so no picks

Heck I didn't even know there are still falconers in Canada! sweet shots Ray..i'll go against the current here #2 and #6 blow me away

thanks for all the nice comments!

Nice set!

J

Great series Ray!
I really like the way the first and last have some motion blur with part of the bird in sharp definition.
Much more interesting than everything tack sharp. I especially like the last one with the way you've framed it along with that sweet BG.

JayT

Wonderful series, Ray. They are all quite excellent. #5 is my pick for favorite, though #1 deserves an honorable mention. It is amazing how still the hawk can hold it's head while it's wings are in motion. What a totally enjoyable experience this must have been for you!

Dave

thanks very much., it sure was a blast shooting these birds, and lots more shoots like this coming soon.

What fun Ray and you came away with some excellent images
The Saker and Goshawk are my favs from the set

Tom

Excellent series here Ray!!!