i'm not usually one to take pictures of wildlife. this morning however, called for an exception. i went out for a walk in the city streets of beautiful boston, with camera at my side (of course), and came upon a wild hawk, of all things, that had just caught it's breakfast - a dirty rat! i managed to get about a foot away from the beast, and snapped a few pictures. needless to say, wild hawks don't belong in the big city and were introduced to control the rodent population - they call it bio-pest control and is a rather controversial yet common practice where a predator is introduced to limit the spread of unwanted critters. i guess it's working...
27 responses
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Steve Hogle said (2 Feb 2008):
beautiful!
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Richard Hall gave props (2 Feb 2008):
Nice perspective and DOF. Looks almost 3D. Well done.
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Andres Garcia Lachner said (2 Feb 2008):
golden!!!
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Laurie Search gave props (2 Feb 2008):
Wow, wonderful! The color is amazing.
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Sylvia Monell said (2 Feb 2008):
Wow!!!!!
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Pilar Coll i Gatells said (3 Feb 2008):
Sorprenent!
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Caitlin Stewart said (3 Feb 2008):
wow. wow. wow.
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mark crosby said (4 Feb 2008):
very nicely caught, but what did he catch? and is that a blackberry he's using?
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Sagi Shapira gave props (4 Feb 2008):
many thanks to everyone! he caught a rat! a very dirty boston rat! and no, that's not a balckberry he's using...it's an iphone..he's calling long distance, and he's using up all my minutes :-]
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paul burd gave props (5 Feb 2008):
Love the color.
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Adam Corcoran gave props (7 Feb 2008):
amazing color and focus, well done
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Konrad Ragnarsson gave props (8 Feb 2008):
Wow,beautiful picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gabriel McGrath said (11 Feb 2008):
okay, yea... that just plain rocks.
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Laura Boston-Thek gave props (14 Feb 2008):
THIS is amazing!
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kira hernandez gave props (24 Feb 2008):
What! you have an incredible talent, once again brilliant color!
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Adrian Rodriguez gave props (20 Mar 2008):
Fantastic Shot..........You Have My Vote
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Pilar Coll i Gatells said (21 Mar 2008):
Bona! my vote
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Matteo Kavvalakis said (21 Mar 2008):
very unique photo... because of the very unique moment... what are the chances of this happening ;)
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Viki gave props (22 Mar 2008):
Great work Sagi!!! You've got my vote!!!
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Gary Fudge gave props (24 Mar 2008):
Really great perspective. If the birds were introduced then this is an excellent cover shot for their story. Beautifully coloured. Saturation is spot on.
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Toby Caughron gave props (25 Mar 2008):
cool picture and cool story!!
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Paul Lavallee gave props (26 Mar 2008):
stunning golden tones
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rory cobbe gave props (27 Mar 2008):
vote
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Gabe Maxson said (1 Apr 2008):
Did I ever share this
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maria tizon gave props (6 Apr 2008):
A foot away? Lucky you! Beautiful light and color.
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! Fernando Decillis said (16 Nov 2008):
awesome stuff !!
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linda woods gave props (14 Jan 2009):
You are one lucky dude with a lot of talent. You probably almost peed in your pants when you clicked the shutter on this one. WOW.
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