When nature's fastest flying bird goes shooting overhead in poor light the challenges are first to get it into the frame and the camera focused, then to use a fast enough shutter speed to freeze the action, and then finally dialing in enough exposure compensation to keep the shadow details. All to be done while keeping digital noise levels under control. This was my best effort after quite some time spent in post processing. Big Lake, St Albert. (crop)
This young hawk soared below me through the grasses on the banks of the Sturgeon River in St Albert. This was the best look I got at it.
A grey morning scene on the Sturgeon River in St Albert near Big Lake.
