Red-tailed Hawk on the move

[David Salem]

Had a pretty good raptor season last winter despite the drought and the unusually mild weather we had. The Harriers werent migrating in the usual large numbers but there were allot of Red-tailed Hawks around to make up for it.
This is an adult male flying across the valley.

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Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[Binu John]

Beautiful IF shot of the RTH! Very nice background and it really compliments the subject!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Excellent image from all aspects.

[keith mitchell]

David certainly agree with the comments above, it really is superb.

[christopher galeski]

nice flight pose,good detail,and nice BG,if mine, would add a bit more room on the left.well done.

[Troy Lim]

Well done, very nice.

[Amol Khedgikar]

Very nice, feels like its coming out of the clouds.

It may be just me but I see some noise on the far wing.

[Grace Scalzo]

As nice as the bird is, those colors and clouds make this special. Not sure what you cropped out, but I could see a looser version as well.

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

[Joseph Przybyla]

A beautiful bird, nicely shown.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi David, excellent inflight pose, tack sharp, and that light is sweeeet. I really like the colours in the BG too. Your usual high standard.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image David! I like the IQ, sharpness, HA, details, BG and composition.

[Greg Oakley]

Simple and beautiful David!

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent flight pose and sharp details.

[Holger Leyrer]

David, this is stunning.
Love the wing pose, detail and the colors. BG is super. Very nice work!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Really nice light you got here. Good pose, techs, processing.

[arash_hazeghi]

This is excellent Dave, love the sweet light, wing position and details

[David Salem]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I appreciate it.

[Marina Scarr]

Lovely image, but my eyes are yearning for some off of the bottom and more on top.

[David Salem]

Thanks again everybody.
Marina, that's exactly how I wanted to compose the image, the way you just mentioned, but there was no more room on top and everytime I tried reproducing the clouds they look like heck
I was going to take some of the bottom to even it up decided to leave it there. Thanks as always.