Red Tail Hawk

[Jim Johnson]

I took this last week at Cameron Prarie NWR south of Lake Charles, LA. Comments and critiques appreciated.

Canon EOS20D
Canon 5004L IS
1/640 at f/11 iso 400

[Mike Lentz]

I like the pose and the fact that the image is close to eye level.
A few quick fixes would be to do some sensor spot cleanup with the "spot healing" tool in PS. You could also go lighter on the birds white feathers I'm guessing.
F/11 really shows off those dust bunnies. ;)

[Jim Johnson]

Thanks, Mike. I'll get the dust bunnies:D

[Colin Knight]

Looks a little dark to me, and I might have put him a little more in the upper left of the frame.

Beautiful bird, I like the wings and the HA.

Hope you don't mind a repost with some levels adjustments and sharpening?

http://www.pbase.com/clknight/image/120693612/original.jpg

[arash_hazeghi]

This is a very nice wing position and I like it a lot, repost is a big improvement and I would also clone out the protruding part of the perch blocking tail feathers in lower left corner. TFS