Common Hawk CUckoo Calling

[Manjeet & Yograj Jadeja]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yograj/7891753710/" title="COMMON HAWK CUCKOO CALLING by wildlens2, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8321/7891753710_802dc03e55_b.jpg" width="900" height="600" alt="COMMON HAWK CUCKOO CALLING"></a>


While driving one of us noticed this bird singing, we stopped to take a look, after a while it landed a few feet behind our car on this fence.
Canon 7D with 400mm f5.6, 1/100 of a sec at f7.1, ISO 1000, EV+0.7.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hey, great calling pose and cool eye ring! beak sharp at 1/100 thats good.
Perhaps need toning down a little to the left of perch but good as presented.
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[Miguel Palaviccini]

Great dynamic shot. I would consider a bit of background NR and local sharpening on the head. Otherwise, nicely done!

[jack williamson]

Very good image of this bird. Love the calling pose and the sharpness.

Jack

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent calling pose.I like the open mouth,nice details on bird and BG. Agree with Richard about toning down the bg.

Regards,
Satsh.

[Marina Scarr]

Great calling pose but the head definitely needs some more sharpening b/c it looks a tad soft.