Winter's Edge
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flight,
fototudes,
freedom,
naquillity,
red tailed hawk,
snowy field,
winter
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A red tailed hawk sits at winter's edge just off the highway's shoulder. It's watching each car as it passes. Somewhere between brevity and caution it allows us a glimpse of it's beauty. It's a fleeting moment between human and hawk. When it's time for him to go I pan my camera in sync with his flight. It's freedom balanced on air as his shadow stalks the snowy field below.
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Thank you for a beautiful moment of calm and peacefulness. Much needed today. And I really like the artistry of the first photo, and how the hawk blends in so well with the muted earth-tone colors of the winter field.
It must have been hard to spot this one. I rarely get that close, You must be like me, and always carry our camera.
Yours is the 3rd blog I've read this evening with a photo of a red tailed hawk. I had one swoop down in front of my car on my way home from work on Friday--I just barely missed hitting it. Wasn't lucky enough to get a photo though. Lovely photo and words.
There is something almost surreal here, Naquillity ... the quality of the light, the sense of poise, not forgetting your beautiful description.
I like that first photo a lot when enlarged...
Very nicely captured and described.
There is such majesty in a hawk.. they are amazing and you caught this one beautifully....
I just love looking at hawks. They're all over Iowa and Kansas.
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