JPG Magazine: Photos: "boston - home of the hawk!?" by Sagi Shapira

boston - home of the hawk!?

By Sagi Shapira

On 2 February 2008

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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

On 2 February 2008 Steve Hogle said:
beautiful!
On 2 February 2008 Richard Hall gave props:
Nice perspective and DOF. Looks almost 3D. Well done.
On 2 February 2008 Struan Oglanby said:
Smoking! Incredible depth and colour! (not to mention the timing to get such a great subject)
nicely done!
On 2 February 2008 Andres Garcia Lachner said:
golden!!!
On 2 February 2008 Laurie Search gave props:
Wow, wonderful! The color is amazing.
On 2 February 2008 Sylvia Monell said:
Wow!!!!!
On 3 February 2008 Pilar Coll i Gatells said:
Sorprenent!
On 3 February 2008 Caitlin Stewart said:
wow. wow. wow.
On 4 February 2008 mark crosby said:
very nicely caught, but what did he catch? and is that a blackberry he's using?
On 4 February 2008 Sagi Shapira gave props:
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 :-]
On 5 February 2008 paul burd gave props:
Love the color.
On 7 February 2008 Adam Corcoran gave props:
amazing color and focus, well done
On 8 February 2008 Konrad Ragnarsson gave props:
Wow,beautiful picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On 11 February 2008 gabriel mcgrath said:
okay, yea... that just plain rocks.
On 14 February 2008 Laura Boston-Thek gave props:
THIS is amazing!
On 24 February 2008 kira hernandez gave props:
What! you have an incredible talent, once again brilliant color!
On 20 March 2008 Adrian Rodriguez gave props:
Fantastic Shot..........You Have My Vote
On 21 March 2008 Pilar Coll i Gatells said:
Bona! my vote
On 21 March 2008 Matteo Kavvalakis said:
very unique photo... because of the very unique moment... what are the chances of this happening ;)
VOTED!
On 22 March 2008 Viki gave props:
Great work Sagi!!! You've got my vote!!!
On 24 March 2008 Gary Fudge gave props:
Really great perspective. If the birds were introduced then this is an excellent cover shot for their story. Beautifully coloured. Saturation is spot on.
On 25 March 2008 Toby Caughron gave props:
cool picture and cool story!!
On 26 March 2008 Paul Lavallee gave props:
stunning golden tones
On 27 March 2008 rory cobbe gave props:
vote
On 1 April 2008 Gabe Maxson said:
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On 2 April 2008 Raphael Grynsztajn gave props:
That is great. The colors are golden.
On 6 April 2008 maria tizon gave props:
A foot away? Lucky you! Beautiful light and color.