Portrait of a Redtail

[James Salywoda]

Red-tailed Hawk
Southern California


Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4TC
1/250 ISO 1000 F8


Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Superb portrait James, like the space on the right hand side and the excellent detail captured TFS:cheers::cheers:

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent techs as always! Light wasn't on your side but you did well...:w3

[Randy Stout]

Jim:
Sharp, well exposed, nicely done with backlighting

Cheers

Randy

[denise ippolito]

James, I love the BG and the pose. Well done.:S3:

[Doug Brown]

Love all the detail and the nice BG. Great eye contact too.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Pretty cool James! Rim lighting works nicely as does the killer BG.

[Pieter de Waal]

Great detail and exposure James, love the piercing stare.

[Stu Bowie]

Tack sharp James, and I like the pose.I wouldnt like to get ripped with that beak.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

James, what I liked the most is the details and the rim light. perfect mix of sharpness of the sharp features and and softness of the feathers.

[Michael Zajac]

Jim, I like the pose and the way the background makes it stand out.

[Charles Scheffold]

James - nice job in tough light. You made the best of it with the rim lighting. Great sharpness and detail.

thanks
Charles

[Gary Esman]

Excellent! Really like the back lighting something different.

Gary

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Lovely details and bg. Superbly done as usual, Jim

[Sid Garige]

Killer pose and look Jim.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent portrait, you handled the back-light beautifully.