Redhead

Baited. This image was created at the infamous wall of shame on Oakley St in Cambride, Maryland on 2/9/20 at 2:45PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Hand held, Full frame.

Canon 5D MarkIII
Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
ISO 400
f4.0
1/5000sec

Another beauty from your wall of shame. Silky water and great head turn. Nicely captured.

I like the colours and composition but I have some reservations over focus, it doesn't look quite sharp to me. The crown of the head looks sharp, the eye just a tad soft but the wing looks OOF. Not sure if its just a DOF issue, is this full frame at f4 - could be DOF is a little tight??

Same positives as all the others, but I think the semi-skeptical look on this bird is great. He's certainly giving you the eye!

I agree the body doesn't look as perfectly sharp as the head.

Yes it's a depth of field issuse.

Another nice one from this series -- I have to get down there at some point! I'd clone out the reflection of the eye (?) HLs in the water. Water drops on the face are nice. I'm ok with f/4 here, but could see going to f/5.6 + as well for a bit more DOF since the BG seems very distant. TFS