Red Tailed Hawk About to Take off

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi All,

This image was taken couple of weeks back at Provo Bay, UT.

Though it was not the most sharpest image I ever took, I just liked the moment.

Nikon D500
ISO 640, f/5.6, 1/1250 sec
Manual Mode, Matrix Metering

Post processing:-

Cropped to the right and bottom a little and extended canvas at the top.
Contrast Unsharpen Mask on the face
Nik 25 Receipt and Noise Reduction

Thanks for watching.


Thanks
Krishna

[John Mack]

Looks sharp to me like the up wing position.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I really like the thickness of the wings here. Quite the bulky fella. Good call adding canvas up there. Nicely done.

[Mike Poole]

Looks sharp enough to me on my monitor, excellent timing with the full wings up pose

Mike

[Arthur Morris]

All looks good to me. What lens?

with love, artie

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi Artie,

This was taken with 300mm f/4 PF lens with 1.4x TCIII Teleconverter.

Thanks
Krishna

[Alex Becker]

Love the pose and BG, the eye is nice as well. Perch looks very weathered as well. Nicely done. That 300 PF lens seems like a great deal between the f/4 stop and the weight. TFS

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Yes its so light. Its lighter than a 24-70 lens. It works really well with 1.4x and 1.7x Teleconverters. I did not yet use it with 2x but will do it some time soon.

Hand holdable 420mm f/5.6 (1.4x TC) and 510 f/7.1 (1.7x TC)

Thanks
Krishna

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose and BG, the hawks head looks a bit soft to my eye, was the RAW sharp? My guess is the RAW wasn't all that sharp as you mention.

whites are a bit too bright and washed out

great BG and I don't mind the perch with hand of man.

TFS

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Hi Arash,

I agree, the RAW image was not that sharp especially at the eye. I just liked the moment ( this is my first Image of the species ) and hence post processed the same.

I added contrast mask on the eye and it looking ok to me.

Thanks
Krishna