Red Tailed Hawk (juvenile)

[Ruhikanta Meetei]

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5D3 at 700mm, f/7.1, 800 ISO, 1/2000sec, handheld.

[Lorant Voros]

Nice bird , sharp with a clean BG. Chest is full of hot pixels. I'd revisit the RAW and make sure to tone down the whites. TFS.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, sharpness and BG. I agree with the hot chest comment. Well done.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice perch background and pose. I also see thet the chest needs some correction.

[Ruhikanta Meetei]

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Color is not right if I tone down.

[Marina Scarr]

The repost is very nice. You have a super pose on this bird, a great perch and BG. Nice colors and details. Glad I can see the tail.

[Lorant Voros]

Re-post brings out the detail in the plumage on the chest. Good work.

[Satish Ranadive]

Ruhikanta:
Magnificent image.I like the pose of bird,colors,nice perch and background.Very nice placement of bird and composition.
I like the repost.

Regards,
Satish.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Good job on repost. I do like the stare and killer clean BG, nice details too.

[Shawn Zierman]

Sweet almost eye level view of this handsome raptor.
Love that perch!...very unique. Repost looks better than the OP...nicely done.

[Randy Stout]

Ruhikanta:

Lovely raptor, interesting perch, nice BG.

I agree about the hot areas on the breast, but also agree with you that the repost tends to change the original color too much. The attached file has some detail extractor work from Nik Color Efex 4. Used a 20% opacity brush on a hide all mask to paint in a bit more detail.

Can be seasoned to taste. Just an option for you.

Cheers

Randy

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent pose and details, Ruhikanta.

[Ruhikanta Meetei]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions.
RM