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david spital
11-13-2019, 06:54 AM
Canon 5dMKIII
100-400 f4.5-5.6L + TC 1.4 (560mm)
1/1600 F/9.0 ISO-2000 hand held
8/20/2019 8:01am
Chatham Cape Cod
Dorian Anderson
11-13-2019, 11:27 AM
Very nice kiss of light on the head. I would have come down 1/3 stop to f/8 and dropped shutter to 1/1000 (2/3 stop) to lose a full stop of noise and gain a full stop of detail.
William Dickson
11-13-2019, 03:18 PM
Agree with Dorian re the camera settings. You could try lifting the shadows on the lower part of the bird, and the perch, but keep an eye on the noise level. It is a nice pose and you got some nice detail on the bird and perch. Lovely coloured BG.

Will
david spital
11-13-2019, 03:29 PM
Very nice kiss of light on the head. I would have come down 1/3 stop to f/8 and dropped shutter to 1/1000 (2/3 stop) to lose a full stop of noise and gain a full stop of detail.

I completely agree with those suggestions. I hope experience will help me with those real time decisions.
david spital
11-13-2019, 03:34 PM
I might give your shadow lightening suggestion a try. Thanks.
John Mack
11-13-2019, 05:52 PM
Nicw of the bird to perch right on top of the perch like that. Like how the head is in that sweet light.
Daniel Cadieux
11-16-2019, 02:37 PM
Great subject on top of what seems to be a nice perch. Bummer the light was not on the whole hawk and perch - that would have been too sweet. Did you think of taking some verticals, time permitting?
david spital
11-16-2019, 06:40 PM
yes thought of vertical, bird was on the move, didn't get a chance.