Hawk on the Lookout

A beautiful hawk indeed, but a beautiful shot you captured. Nice one. Congratulations.

Michael keep it up. Wonderful shot. Thank you for sharing.

Mike, you’ve captured a very nice portrait of a juvenile Cooper’s Hawk. Your website has other special bird photos, but all un-named. You must live in great birding territory–I hope you have a field guide so you can provide names for future POTD’s! Congratulations on a budding career!!!!

wow how nice and neat. very clean shot indeed. Thanks to that lens you have you could remain quite far.

I wish I could have taken a photograph like this when I was 13; i wish I could get close to a wild hawk now.

Michael you’ve done a wonderful job on so many levels. The clarity of the hawk itself is really striking; it’s body held like that and taken at that angle gives the hawk a sort of nobility. As well, the blurred background seems to give the picture a whole other dimension. That blur of branches right behind the hawk’s torso give the impression of extended breast feathers, it takes a second look to realise what it is. Congrats on a wonderful photo.

Thanks for this absolutely beautiful picture. I love the howk and the perfect blend of feathers and background colors.

So Regal! Keep your passion.

Excellent shot! well done Michael!

I’m glad that as a 13 year old you’re into photography. Beautiful shot!

Beautiful tonal quality and DOF!

Michael, you must be very proud. Let’s all be thrilled you, as a 13 year old boy, have had the chance to see, photograph and live with this impressive bird of prey. He is a survivor, as long as we, the humans,leave him to photography and observation. Very good catch, Micheal!

I love the way the branch trails across the shot and he is perched central. Also the other branches create a maze.

Sharp, great portrait of some fantastic predators.

Good shot Michael.