Red Shoulder Hawk

[Don Lacy]

Found this nice looking Red Shoulder at Viera yesterday morning.
30D, 500 f/4 IS + 1.4 TC, 1/500@ f/7.1, aperture priority, evaluative metered, flash -12/3, ISO 400, RAW tripod

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the light, details and BG. A tighter crop might work, too. I would clone out the barbed wire and run NR on the BG.

[Bill Foxworthy]

Alex made some good points, Great looking hawk and well done.

[Grady Weed]

Raptors on a post are a classic to me. He looks like he is thinking about his life's work here. Nice eye and emotional appeal here.