Comments on: How to get a perfect exposure of an albino Red-tailed Hawk in flight http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight tips and tutorials for digital nature photography Thu, 17 May 2012 03:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sherri Jones http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-46795 Sherri Jones Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:40:50 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-46795 I live in Madison WI, My son and I saw one very large white hawk last summer. It was stalking my neighbours small dogs and tried to steel his baby chihuahua. A blond one was also visiting. We had two that we know of here. A white and a blonde. They were both larger then the average hawks and sounded like an eagle. The white one was the biggest. Good Luck and thank you for sharing. I live in Madison WI, My son and I saw one very large white hawk last summer. It was stalking my neighbours small dogs and tried to steel his baby chihuahua. A blond one was also visiting. We had two that we know of here. A white and a blonde. They were both larger then the average hawks and sounded like an eagle. The white one was the biggest.

Good Luck and thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Vic Berardi http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-35615 Vic Berardi Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:14:32 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-35615 Thank you Craig! Sometimes you may have to adjust exposure while you're shooting. I keep my index finger on the shutter speed dial and frequently will move it to a faster or slower speed as the lighting on a bird changes during flight. Thank you Craig! Sometimes you may have to adjust exposure while you’re shooting. I keep my index finger on the shutter speed dial and frequently will move it to a faster or slower speed as the lighting on a bird changes during flight.

]]> By: Craig A. Mullenbach http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-35576 Craig A. Mullenbach Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:08:27 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-35576 Thanks for the tips. I have the same trouble exposing great egrets properly. I get lucky once in a while but want to increase my keeper rate. Thanks for the tips. I have the same trouble exposing great egrets properly. I get lucky once in a while but want to increase my keeper rate.

]]> By: Vic Berardi http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-32795 Vic Berardi Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:42:31 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-32795 Thanks! Glad you got something out of the article! Thanks! Glad you got something out of the article!

]]> By: ratkellar http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-32788 ratkellar Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:54:43 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-32788 2 wonderful shots of a rare specimen done with rapid adjustments! You had a little time since the beginning was the perch, but my mind would not have processed the problems so quikcly. I would have relied on software after the fact. And I now know I need to use quicker shutter speeds for raptors -- I thought 1/200 would be fast enough. Off to the forest preserve with a camera. 2 wonderful shots of a rare specimen done with rapid adjustments! You had a little time since the beginning was the perch, but my mind would not have processed the problems so quikcly. I would have relied on software after the fact. And I now know I need to use quicker shutter speeds for raptors — I thought 1/200 would be fast enough. Off to the forest preserve with a camera.

]]> By: Vic Berardi http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-32638 Vic Berardi Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:31:47 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-32638 Thank you Rebecca! Thank you Rebecca!

]]> By: Rebecca Marley http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-32628 Rebecca Marley Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:15:58 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-32628 A majestic white hawk just flew in front of our cottage on Grand Lake St Marys, near Montezuma, Ohio. I was enthralled by its appearance so I searched the web and found this site. Thank you so much for posting this. A majestic white hawk just flew in front of our cottage on Grand Lake St Marys, near Montezuma, Ohio. I was enthralled by its appearance so I searched the web and found this site. Thank you so much for posting this.

]]> By: Sherri Sturm http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-30769 Sherri Sturm Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:24:03 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-30769 Hello I was looking at your photo. My sons school district uses the white hawk for it's mascot. I was looking at your photos. Hello I was looking at your photo. My sons school district uses the white hawk for it’s mascot. I was looking at your photos.

]]> By: Anna Grabowski http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-4762 Anna Grabowski Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:51:00 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-4762 Just saw a white phase Red-tailed Hawk in Edwards County, Illinois, just north of Albion. It is a gorgeous bird. Since I didn't have a camera, I'm glad you published yours here. I found another good piece about them written by a man named Guthrie from New York. Just saw a white phase Red-tailed Hawk in Edwards County, Illinois, just north of Albion. It is a gorgeous bird. Since I didn’t have a camera, I’m glad you published yours here. I found another good piece about them written by a man named Guthrie from New York.

]]> By: Vic Berardi http://photonaturalist.net/how-to-get-a-perfect-exposure-of-an-albino-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Vic Berardi Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:42:32 +0000 http://photonaturalist.net/?p=690#comment-149 Red, The bird is actually a partial albino Red-tailed Hawk not a full albino. Some of the feathers on the back of the head and tail have coloration. There will be more bird related articles in the future on the Photo Naturalist including one specifically on flight photography. So please continue to visit us! Thanks! Robert, We can all learn more by sharing our techniques and ideas. When we apply the techniques of others we not only learn what we are doing wrong we also learn what they are doing wrong! Red,
The bird is actually a partial albino Red-tailed Hawk not a full albino. Some of the feathers on the back of the head and tail have coloration.
There will be more bird related articles in the future on the Photo Naturalist including one specifically on flight photography. So please continue to visit us! Thanks!

Robert,
We can all learn more by sharing our techniques and ideas. When we apply the techniques of others we not only learn what we are doing wrong we also learn what they are doing wrong!

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