Originally posted by barondla Amazing images. Hawks are so skittish. I've never had any luck getting close to hawks. Ready to see more images.
Thanks barondla ! I hate to rub it in (ok, not entirely hating it, LOL!), but this one wasn't too skittish at all. I first spotted him "hopping mad" in the neighbors front lawn. Never figured out what he was hopping up and down on, but I got a few crappy Cell Phone pics.
Then he flew up and perched in my tree, giving me time to run in the house, grab my K-1, pull off the 77mm, put on the 150-450mm and run back out. I grabbed some safety shots from a distance, then got closer, grabbed a few more... then got really brave, ran BACK into the house again, grabbed my af360 flash for some fill in the shade of that Oak tree, got even closer, and grabbed a couple more before he got sick of me and flew off. LOL!
More of those others to come...
Eric