[Leica] avian portrait

[lkhermann at bresnan.net (lkhermann)]

At 04:19 PM 1/17/2007, you wrote:
>The California Hawking Club (falconers) held their annual field meet last
>week in Sacramento; many of the birds that weren't out flying were 'parked'
>in a makeshift weathering yard in a hotel's courtyard.  One of the birds in
>the weathering yard was this immature Northern Goshawk who hadn't cleaned
>up after breakfast:
>
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/nogo04.html
>
>technical stuff: R8/DMR @ ISO 400 -1 stop, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt, tripod,
>mirror pre-release & cable shutter release.  Exposure about 1/60 sec @
>f/whatever.  Air temperature was in the mid-20s.
>
>All comments welcome.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
Doug,
         I generally think in complete sentences even if I do not 
type well.  I left out a couple of words before.  Are not the eyes of 
the goshawk red?  Perhaps only the adult.  Perhaps my memory is bad 
too.  It is a great photo.
Lee