The Eyes Have It

[Steve Large]

Hi Everyone,
here is another installment of my series with the rough-legged hawk. She got a little too close the other day for me and my 600mm so I ended up chopping the wings off. The composition kind of draws your eyes to her face anyway. Can't go back just now as the whole area is under water. Some communities just up island are in a state of emergency. Tremendous rain fall combined with the high tide makes it impossible to get to our regular shooting venue.

Stats: EOS-1D Mark 4, 600mm IS 2, 1/800sec, F/5.6, ISO800

Take care and good light,

Steve

[Dvir Barkay]

Very nice shot, very good pose and nice compo

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Steve, great shot to get the eyes really sharp. I understand you already clipped the wing, so had no choice. Loi

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,love the stare in the eyes,head sharp with good detail.TFS.

[WillieHall]

the great focus and sharpness of the face makes up for the clipped wings. I like different captures like this, thanks.

[keith mitchell]

The head and eyes more than make up for the clipped wings, great sharpness and detail.

Keith.

[gail bisson]

Very nice.
The tack sharp head makes up for the clipped wings!
gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

As presented the wings are tastefully cut therefore I have no issues at all with it (I actually did the same for a few Snowy Owl pictures that I thought turned out well). Very "in your face" with lots of impact. Nice BG too. I was reading up on the recent weather on Vancouver Island...pretty nasty stuff...stay safe!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I believe you did the right crop for this one. Super sharp eye and sharpness. Colour on BG works well with the bird. TFS

[Iain Barker]

Awesome Image Steve, I really like the crop as it is obvious it was what you intended. Perfectly sharp where it counts.

[Jim Neiger]

The head on look with both eyes is really stunning!

[Glenn Conlan]

The detail in the head is unbelievable, very hard to achieve with a bird coming at you and at that shutter speed. Very dynamic shot, well done.

Glenn