Roadside Hawk II

[Ramon M. Casares]

Well, yesterday he didn't even sohwed up, but today, he finally did after 3 hours of waiting, best light and better distance IMO although I had to work a bit on the BG. Hope you like it!

1/800Seg.
F4.0
+2/3
ISO 320
MarkII
300mm f4
Bait
Chair Blind
Monopod
Full frame

[Dave Hardcastle]

Beautiful background, and great light on the bird. I might crop a little off the bottom - he somehow looks a bit high up in the frame to me.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose, good sharpness, light, eye contact and blurred BG. The bird looks pretty clean considering the prey. I would still give add a bit of canvas and tone down the legs a bit. Did you increase the color temperature?

[Ramon M. Casares]

Cool pose, good sharpness, light, eye contact and blurred BG. The bird looks pretty clean considering the prey. I would still give add a bit of canvas and tone down the legs a bit. Did you increase the color temperature?

No Axel, I just give a tad more of Saturation.
I like comp as presented in this case adding canvas on top would center the bird too much to me.
The legs a very light, I guess I could try to bring more detail but that's preety much how they are :)

[David Roach]

Love the pose, light, composition, details, perch and complimentary BG! I'd wait three hours to get this one any day! Congrats!

[Brian Barcelos]

Congratulations Ramon, Another outstanding image. Love the HA, perch and think the comp is just fine. The leg is a bit bright but it dosn't really take away from the overall picture.

Brian

[Lorant Voros]

Hello Ramon,

Very nice continuation of the series. I like the composition apart from the rest of the things mentioned. Well done again.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Well worth the wait Ramon. This is one fine image. I like the comp. as is.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Fabulous image amigo. Love the pose and look back stance. Killer light and BG. What is the kill? Do you know? Thanks for sharing. :)

[Erich Stevens]

Ramon,

What a great subject and head angle, and the warm light makes it all come together. Great work! I think the chest, belly and left side of the perch might be a tad hot but perhaps my screen's a bit too bright.

[Connie Mier]

Very rich details and colors, love the pose of the bird, so well captured.

[Fabs Forns]

Wow, very impressive. A true testimonial to patience, waiting for him for two days.
BG looks awesome to me.

[Ramon M. Casares]

What is the kill? Do you know? :)

Hey amigo, I should know as I placed it there :) it is a piece of a Hare that a Dog in my farm killed a while ago, I cut it and put it in my refrigerator :eek: seriously, I did that... and just today I decided to use a piece.:)


Wow, very impressive. A true testimonial to patience, waiting for him for two days.
BG looks awesome to me.

Actually, I waited for arround three hours every day for the last two weeks Fabs :o.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Congrats again Ramon!

This is a great bird to work with. Love the pose, perch and BG. I find the image a little bright for my taste but that's it.

[Chris Kotze]

Awesome image lovely, colours, pose and a super looking BG. Congrats in capturing this one

[Stu Bowie]

Perfect pose, and I like the light, detail and colours. This is pin sharp, against a killer BG. Another superb image of this hawk. Congrats Ramon.

[Daniel Belasco]

Well your better than I am, but...
Pose and BG are great. Overexposed to me, at 2/3 stop. Don't under why you would do that, althought people say I underexpose. I would also add more contrast, but that's personal taste.
dan

[Ramon M. Casares]

Pose and BG are great. Overexposed to me, at 2/3 stop. Don't under why you would do that

Daniel, I always tend to overexpose as much as I can (without getting any hot whites of course) to get as less noise as possible in the dark areas.

[Ryan Lambert]

Ramon I thin you have got the comp spot-on here with the diagonal of the bird, the exposure looks good but I think you may have got the legs a bit hot due to the saturation, not a big nit as this is an exceptional image...congrats

[Markus Jais]

Fantastic shot. Great BG, composition and head turn.

Markus

[A_Maddah]

Hi Ramon
Very nice.I like pose, BG ,colors and eye contact.I like his look that is trenchant.
Thankr for sharing

Asad

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Sure I do like it. Maybe it is even better than the previously posted. Nice headturn and sharpness is killer.

Szimi

[Duane Noblick]

I like the smoothness of the BG and it's colors as it compliments the subjects' colors. Composition, sharpness, colors, perch, head rotation all work very well in this image. Congratulations!

[David Fletcher]

Well worth the wait Ramon. This is one fine image. I like the comp. as is.

Me too. Lovely image, and like the glimpse of prey.

[Kiran Poonacha]

too good Ramon.. loved this.. The HA, the details, the BG, perch all happening, worth all the waiting. congrats..

[christopher galeski]

Beuatiful shot Ramon,HA,BG,the perch.thanks.well worth the wait.

[Austin Thomas]

Hi Ramon,

Very nice head angle and overall composition. Light is very good and you are rewarded for your patience.

Thanks for sharing.

Austin

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

A perfect image in my opinion. Excellent pose, background, sharpness and exposure.

[Nagesh Mula]

This is simply Superb Ramon. Congrats on having a beautiful image.

[Morkel Erasmus]

nothing to add here as all has been covered and it's a splendid photograph. so I'll just say very, very well done!

[Ramon M. Casares]

Thnak you all for your kind words and comments, I apreciate them very much!

[Gal Shon]

It's worth buying a ticket to Argentina for this one...
I like this side of the perch much better,
The BG and colors are excellent, outstanding work.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I like this side of the perch much better.


Yeap, I have a few more that I really like with this side of the perch and one that I'll be posting soon. :)

[Diego Torrentes]

Hi Ramon:

I celebrate that you decide to wait, I like the pic very much, especially the light and the details shown in the whole bird. Excellent work.

Bye,

[Ramon M. Casares]

Thanks Diego, glad you like it. Thank you all for your kind words and suggestions!