Went to the young Redtail's habitat again this morning and not a creature was stirring.....except this young Hawk and a mouse. The mouse did not have a good day so I will spare you those images. Here are some of the Hawk.

#1
Looking hard for that mouse

Get your finger off of the shutter, back away from the camera. 28 gb! Wholly smokes dude. Glad I'm not your recycle bin.

Nice to see you back at it. Some great stuff here, hmm maybe I oughta.............

The head shots are killer!! And you think you need an 800 LMFAO I'll take that lousy 500 off of your hands to defray the cost.

Great set my friend.

Tim

Stunning shots Thomas.
Dan

Hi Thomas.

Superb, stunning, great and awesome series and those killer close ups Wow!

Garen

Lovely series Thomas

congratulations - -now, how do you get this close to the birds

Lil - taking a break from the cleanup job after the California Wildfires....

The 50D shows it's stuff again - with a little help from Tom. Tom, I have been keeping up with the threads on the 50D, and they can be downright scary. I also see quite a few 50Ds for sale already in the B&S forum. But you have consistently posted outstanding shots with it. Have you had to change the way you shoot or pp to get these results?
Thanx,
Ron

well send him over to Europe...we have lots of rats to keep him company
Dude those close-ups are just unbelievable seriously...amzing detail
Looks like you practically stuffed the lens up its nose

Gee, Tom, and I thought I was out of control when I shot 4 gigs of a cooperative RTH However, fantastic shots and love the close-ups showing the killing part of the machine.

P.S. Bring on the gore

Ken

I love the detail on all of them. Would like to see a reply to surfnron's question.

I have the 40D and looking to how to best use the 50D and maybe its extra crop. In any case as said you have proven that sensor is doing a "The Job" with that lens.

I noticed you where at 5.6 on most? Low light?

Keith

Super captures Tom.


Wacky roger
Founding Member Of OOOPs

Very cool shots Tom, super sharp.

Rob

Ditto!

Sweeeeeet. I know how you feel shooting mega GB's. I shot aroud 24-32 GB's a day at Conowingo Dam, but that's 10 fps pretty much all day long.
Herb

Tim Kuhn wrote:
Get your finger off of the shutter, back away from the camera. 28 gb! Wholly smokes dude. Glad I'm not your recycle bin.

Nice to see you back at it. Some great stuff here, hmm maybe I oughta.............

The head shots are killer!! And you think you need an 800 LMFAO I'll take that lousy 500 off of your hands to defray the cost.

Great set my friend.

Tim

Thanks Buddy, I guess I did kinda overdo it The temptation to cut into my 800 fund and get my Yak is mounting. I'm weakening

and..........."maybe you oughta" ?

Tom

danjacquitaylo wrote:
Stunning shots Thomas.
Dan


Hi Dan, thanks for your wonderful compliment

Tom

GAREN wrote:
Hi Thomas.

Superb, stunning, great and awesome series and those killer close ups Wow!

Garen


Thank YOU Garen, so very glad you enjoyed them

Tom

Lil Judd wrote:
Lovely series Thomas

congratulations - -now, how do you get this close to the birds

Lil - taking a break from the cleanup job after the California Wildfires....

Hi Lil, hope all is calming down in your part of the world

Thanks and I can't take any credit for my stealthyness. This is a first year Hawk and at this stage they have a singular purpose. Catch and eat as many mice as possible and this one completely ignores me. This morning I could have reached out and touched him/her (although I never ever would do that).

Tom

Exceptional shots, in particular the head shots. I'm jealous, there is no way any wild UK bird of prey would let me get that close, not matter if it was a 1st year bird (someone will no doubt make a post now to prove me wrong on this point!).

Paul.

Thomas Sanders wrote:


and..........."maybe you oughta" ?

Tom

Head out to Marymoor!

Tim

Very nice series of shots. Love the head shots and I really like #8 as well.

surfnron wrote:
The 50D shows it's stuff again - with a little help from Tom. Tom, I have been keeping up with the threads on the 50D, and they can be downright scary. I also see quite a few 50Ds for sale already in the B&S forum. But you have consistently posted outstanding shots with it. Have you had to change the way you shoot or pp to get these results?
Thanx,
Ron

Thank you Ron.

I've also been watching the 50D threads on a variety of forums since day one. I see many who are struggling with the new body and just as many that have given up. I'm at a loss as to what the problem is because so far, I'm not experiencing the myriad of issues I've seen posted. Yes 15 mega pixels invites more noise but compared to my 40D at similar settings, it's not that big a difference. Dealing with noise is a fact of life with the current sensors and that's what PP is for.

Having said that, the last thing I want is for someone, especially any of my friends on this forum, to go buy a 50D based on my images. I've been lucky with the bodies and lenses I've purchased to date but it's a crap shoot to be sure. Even the flag ship body (Mk III) is not immune from problems as we've all seen since it's introduction. I will continue to learn and experiment with my 50D and try to produce the best images I can with it and if I encounter any show stoppers rest assured I'll share the info here on FM.

Tom

Nello Milanese wrote:
well send him over to Europe...we have lots of rats to keep him company
Dude those close-ups are just unbelievable seriously...amzing detail
Looks like you practically stuffed the lens up its nose


Hi Nello!
Yeah I got in close and personal, lucky lucky Thanks for the great compliment Sir

Tom

TEASER wrote:
I love the detail on all of them. Would like to see a reply to surfnron's question.

I have the 40D and looking to how to best use the 50D and maybe its extra crop. In any case as said you have proven that sensor is doing a "The Job" with that lens.

I noticed you where at 5.6 on most? Low light?

Keith



Hello Keith, thanks very much for the kind words

I've definetely noticed a difference compared to my 40D on cropping. For those shooting at 400mm I think it will make a big difference detail wise. Please know that is just my opinion based on my experience so far with both bodies

The light was terrible for this shoot so yes I was at f/5.6 for most of the shots. I have some at f/7.1 and ISO 320 that didn't turn out too bad. The weather this morning was glorious and I hope to share some of those images this evening.

Tom

thehotel wrote:
Super captures Tom.


Wacky roger
Founding Member Of OOOPs


Thanks Roger, appreciated very much!

Tom

Mr Zoom wrote:
Gee, Tom, and I thought I was out of control when I shot 4 gigs of a cooperative RTH However, fantastic shots and love the close-ups showing the killing part of the machine.

P.S. Bring on the gore

Ken

Many thanks Ken This one is very photogenic I must admit. He has great coloring for such a young one.

As requested, gore shots forthcoming. (tonight if I can get time to process)

Tom