look into my eyes!

[stuart wanuck]

nikon d 4 iso 400
m 1/2000 @ 7
500 mm lens

[Doug Brown]

Like the detail and the warm light. I'd go with a tighter crop that removes a bit of sky off the top and the OOF vegetation at the bottom. And I'd consider evening out the brightness of the two eyes.

[Lorant Voros]

Good suggestions from Doug. It is great to get such a nice close up of these guys, especially with the golden light.

[jack williamson]

Excellent feather detail, agree with Doug about the eyes.

[Loi Nguyen]

Incredible close up shot of a raptor in sweet light. Love the hairdo and the intense look.

[Diane Miller]

Agree with the crop suggestions. Good DOF from the tip of the beak on back. Great light and I love these bad-hair-day looks!

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and eye contact.

[christopher galeski]

very nice capture,sharp good detail,agre with Dougs suggestions.

[PhilCook]

I'll be having bad dreams tonight now, those eyes are intense ! Like the golden warm light and blue backdrop to set it all off. I might suggest to brighten the RH eye a little to match the left

[rajojomanik]

Very nice details on this Osprey, it compliments the warm light. Well done Stuart.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Nice close portrait of this one. I really like the wet looking head feathers. My suggestion would be to crop above the distracting oof vegetation on the bottom

[Diane Miller]

On a quick look back, I don't see that anyone commented on the sky color. (Apologies if I missed it. Always in a hurry.) It's a little off, maybe just too saturated.