Interview with a Hawk

[brewmaster15]

I have been trying to land a photoshoot with a Red Tail hawk for while now. They are always too busy to give me more than a passing shot. Finally I had some one on one time...

_AJS7761 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_AJS7790 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_AJS7875 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_AJS7900 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr


_AJS7939 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_AJS7941 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_AJS8005 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

_AJS8009 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

[Second Hand Pat]

Great set Al, I love when it looks at you directly and seems to say "What do you want"?
Pat

[Iminit]

Great pictures! I’ve tried so many times but just can’t get those types of pics. What lens are you using?

[brewmaster15]

Thanks Tom. Those were with a Tamron 150-600 g2 lens on a nikon d500 dslr. The lens is an excellent value but is only availible in some camera mounts. I Normally use pentax but had to add nikon to my bag because I wanted this lens and tamron dropped pentax support.

[Iminit]

Ok not a big camera guy! But I do have a Nikon D7500 I bought in 20when covid was going crazy! Still don’t understand it . Trying to get my wife interested so she can figure it out . I’ve been using a Nikon 70-300 and just doesn’t do itC266EBD9-A621-4C82-9CDD-AF43C8936780.jpg these guys were about 50 -100’ above me.

[Second Hand Pat]

Ok not a big camera guy! But I do have a Nikon D7500 I bought in 20when covid was going crazy! Still don’t understand it . Trying to get my wife interested so she can figure it out . I’ve been using a Nikon 70-300 and just doesn’t do itC266EBD9-A621-4C82-9CDD-AF43C8936780.jpg these guys were about 50 -100’ above me.

Hi Tom, I have heard good things about the D7500. It's basically the hobbyist version of the D500. Does it have an auto mode? If yes could be a good starting point.
Pat

[brewmaster15]

Tom the Nikon D7500 is a very good camera..It actually has alot of the same good stuff that in the D500.. I have one that I use regularly

These were D7500 shots

using tamron 200-500 nikon mtd
_DSC4639_01 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr
_DSC0231_01 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

Tamron 150-600
_DSC6368 by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

sigma 150-500
Attitude by Al Sabetta, on Flickr

You have a very capable camera in the D7500. The real magic is in the lens though.

If you want talk camera stuff drop me a Pm...

al