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Lorraine Boyd
Green Island, New York
11/10/2023
12:32 pm

Equipment Details:

D500 with Nikon 600mm f/4 lens on tripod

Post-processing Details:

crop & slight enhance

Image Details:

It was a gray day, but this Red-tailed Hawk stood out, perched high up on a tree over the river. It had it's eye on a potential meal in the field I was in. Their eyesight is about 7 times better than a human's, & can spot prey from 100 feet in the air.