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If this were mine, I would sharpen it a bit. It seems a little soft.
Nice over-the-shoulder pose. Good background
My repost, hope you like it: (contrast mask sharpening applied entire image -- if I had the raw I'd mask out the background....)
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Fantastic shot, very nice. Like the background a lot !
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Good looking Cooper's hawk with nice light. Congrats on the rain! Send some our way please.
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Great image and a truly fantastic find, Daniel.
I had them a few times in my backyard and also at Burlington and they tolerated me very well.
No wonder, my first name in my mother tongue means; Karvaj which is more or less the equivalent of the Cooper's Hawk European distant relative.
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Hi Daniel,
Great find. Good job even getting a few shots off. Very illusive raptor. This what we call in the falconry & raptor community, a "passage female" , an un-molted yearling. I have had many of these as great hunting companions.
As you know, most raptors have a juvenile color, "a passage ", and the adult color, "a haggard". Some raptors can have a very marked difference when molted like the male of this species. AKA as the "The Blue Dart". Keep looking.
Your work is always very nice and this is no exception. The sharpening and contrast on the re-post really made a big difference. Nice Image.
David
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Great opportunity and you made the most of it.
Really cool head turn and perch.
One of the prettiest hawks for me, surprising how common they are, yet you don't see that many nice photos of them.
This is very nice.
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What a great find and thanks David for the informative narrative.
Great composition and clean BG.
I like the sharpening in the repost especially around the head.
Well done,
Gail
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Amazing bird and very nice portrait. Nice head turn and clean background.
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Beautiful portrait, great pose and colours.
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Daniel, as ever, a great looking image from you.