Red-tailed Hawk and an ant – Nikon D810, f9, 1/640, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited
On my last trip up to Montana and Idaho I photographed a very cooperative adult Red-tailed Hawk in Beaverhead County, Montana who had a full crop and was perched on a fence post along the road.
I processed the image in the post I linked to above on my lap top while I was still in Montana. I don’t delete anything but the worst images while I am on camping trips because I don’t really trust the screen on my lap top as far as sharpness and detail go. Sometimes after processing an image to post while I am on a trip I send the processed image(s) to my phone and tablet by Bluetooth because they have higher resolutions and even though the screens are smaller I can see details and sharpness better. I can’t do that with all the images that I take on a trip because it would take too much time so I wait until I get home to go through them all.
Recently I finished going through the images from that last trip and deleted the bad ones plus I took a closer look at the ones I will keep and this photo made me laugh when I brought it up on my large monitor at home. At the time I created this image I didn’t realize that when I took this portrait of the adult Red-tailed Hawk that I also photographed an ant. Can you see it?
Life is good.
Mia
Click here to see more of my Red-tailed Hawk photos plus facts and information about this species.
That ant was almost invisible. i missed it entirely when I first looked at the image and even after you mentioned it, it took me several seconds to find it. Great eye Mia! (but we knew that already 😉
An intrepid mountaineering ant.
Perfect shot Mia! Absolutely stunning detail!
A beautiful, beautiful portrait of one one of my favorite birds…you can so ckearlyvsee why this bird is called “little brother to the eagle”…I think I see the ant on the bird’s head, but not having the vision of ” Eagle eyes McPherson”, I’m not 100% sure…
Hint… look at the belly band 🙂
Finally found it… But only because you said it was there. HOW THE HECK DID YOU EVER, EVER SEE THAT????????
Great shot Mia! That is one small ant with high hopes!!!!!
Thats a cool photoMia.
Is that called “living dangerously”?? I love finding “extras” in photos when I get them up on my computer screen. Life IS good….but maybe not for the ant.