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Red Tailed Hawk (20)
Dando
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 641 W: 32 N: 791]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (3078) | HABITAT: Red-tailed Hawks are found in North America and scattered through Central America and the West Indies. They inhabit open fields and deserts that are interspersed with woods or bluffs, urban areas, mountain forests, and tropical rainforests. Northern birds migrate south during the winter.
DIET: Small to medium-sized mammals, primarily mice, ground squirrels, and jackrabbits, birds, and reptiles are eaten by this hawk. Red-tailed Hawks hunt by swooping down from an elevated perch to seize their prey, snatching birds while flying, or pursuing prey from low level flight. They will also take food from other species. This is called pirating.
REPRODUCTION: This hawk’s stick nest may be found in tall trees, on cliffs, in cactus, or on man-made structures. The female hawk lays 1 - 5 eggs that are incubated for 28 - 35 days. The young hawks fledge about 42 days later and are sexually mature at 2 years of age.
NAME DERIVATION: The scientific name comes from the Latin word buteo, meaning a kind of falcon or hawk, and the Latinized name for Jamaica, West Indies, where the first specimen was collected for study. The common name stems from the fact that most adult Red-tailed Hawks have a brick-red colored tail. This hawk has been called Buzzard, Buzzard Hawk, Hen Hawk, Mouse Hawk, and Red Hawk.
taken from:http://www.peregrinefund.org/Explore_Raptors/hawks/redtail.html |
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Dando
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Edited by:aido
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1095 W: 169 N: 1218]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (4046) |
Hi Dean,
I increased the levels overall to bring out the lighter areas and increased saturation to bring out the warmth in the colours. I masked the eye, feathered the selection and increased levels again while decreasing saturation. I then used a round brush with the foreground colour set to the same as the centre of the eye, and with an opacity of 25% just painted over the flash light catchment spot in the pupil, just to dull it a little.
I was a little wary of messing with the colours as looking at your previous shots you're usually very accurate in that area, so these adjustments are more from an artistic point of view than anything else.
Hope you don't mind and hope you like it!
Cheers,
Adrian |
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