Honorable Mention TIFA 2025 Nature / Wildlife

Blazing

  • Photographer
    Juan David Cortes Echeverria
  • Technical Info
    Canon R5 with an RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM lens; Aperture: 7.1; ISO: 500; Speed: 1/1500
  • Photo Date
    September 14, 2024

While photographing birds at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, I found this Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) who, while hunting for squirrels and chipmunks, gazed below his perch with an intensity no different than that from a blazing fire.