Watching the Setting Sun

Great Gray mid February in Ottawa. Natural perch

MKIII, 1/1600, F/4, ISO 800, 500mm, close to full frame, HH

I like the eye contact, perch, IQ, light and BG. I would tone down the whites in the bow tie and give it some more room below for the virtual tail. Beautiful image Mike!

Gorgeous light, great eye contact. I'd give it some more room if you have in the bottom and sharpen it a tad more. Nice one, Mike.

Great looking shot. See lots of these guys posted but not to many in that beautiful evening light. Nice pose with the eyes lit well and perch looks great too. Well done

Love portrait, Mike, and what gorgeous light. When I first saw the image, I though the horizon line through the head area would distract me but, once I opened it, it didn't bother me at all. I agree on a tad more space below, more sharpening and I would consider a +4 on the greens to remove the slight magenta cast.

Love the light and bright open eyes.

excellent eye contact and sweet warm light, you were lucky you got this light. I like the perch too. I did a slight color adjust, NR on BG and sharpened to owl a bit hope you like it

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Looks as if he's watching you, not the sun! Great shot... Arash's pp tweaks take it up a notch.

Repost looks great. At almost ff, f4 just isn't enough, perhaps that's why the feathers on the chest are soft.

Love the light and the eye contact, Mike.

Great eye contact! I like what Arash did with the repost. As Troy said, stopping down a bit would have strengthened the image IMO.

very nice image,Arash's repost is the one.

Arash, thank you for the repost and I do view it as a improvement.

Beautiful light Mike. From what I saw of other images there wasn't much of it going around. Great eye contact and the repost is nice too.