Coopers Hawk

[Jim Crosswell]

This was taken just down the street from my house. It was taken about 15 minutes after sunset from my vehicle. If I got out of the car it would have taken off. This is my first high ISO image. I cropped it this way to include the full kill area. All C&Cs are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 1D Mark IV
500L f4
1.4 Extender
ISO 1600
1/25s
f7.1
Ev 0.67

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Cool capture Jim. It's a little busy looking at first but when I brought it up it seemed not as bad. I would remove the vertical oof blade of grass in very front. Nice eye.

[dankearl]

Nice opportunity and nice angle. The Hawk is really attractive.
I don' t consider 1600 high ISo, the IQ looks fine.

[Don Lacy]

Ilike the pose and the natural history being told here for me the image could use just a touch of mid tone contrast

[Satish Ranadive]

Magnificent action captured.I like the pose,colors,lights and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

I really like the kill and the eye contact. I think you can sharpen the hawk a bit more. looks great
would clone the single dominant OOF twig in the FG below the tail

[David Salem]

Nice shot and the kill is big plus. Good looking adult female with nice red eyes. Everything looks good with the techs. Maybe a little bit of contrast or saturation boost. Great capture..

[Karl Egressy]

Great finding and a very nice picture, Jim.
I was very careful with ISO up until the last few month. As I shoot a lot late afternoon, I shoot more and more with ISO 1600 with great result.
1D MIV is quite capable at 1600.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great encounter here, love the prey remains and the feather stuck to the bill. I feel this could use a warming boost to the WB, especially for the dry field surroundings. I'm with Arash about the single OOF stalk in the FG. Awesome image!!

[Jim Crosswell]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions.