Sparroehawk juvenile

[Joe Murphy]

I shot this last weekend, in the last decent light, he was facing into a strong wind, so wouldn't turn around for a side/frontal shot, had to settle for a nice head turn






Canon 7D
Canon 400mm 5.6
f/6.3, (1/1600)
ISO 400
WB - Auto
Manual Exposure
Hand Held.

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Joe, I like the head turn and backside view. Good critical focus on the eye and well composed overall. Good DOF too but perhaps a narrower aperture would have brought the tail tip in fine focus as well.

[gail bisson]

Well done Joe!
You got a nice clean view and excellent DOF.
I can see this as a vertical as well,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Super image and IQ on this one, Joe. Your bird is really lovely against this BG with super details.

[Grace Scalzo]

Nice pose, Joe. Would a bit more sharpening on the head work? It looks very slightly soft to me.