Red-tailed Hawk.

[Karl Egressy]

Same Hawk I posted a few days back.
Thanks for looking.

Canon 5DM3
Canon 500 f4.0 II. +1.4x III.
ISO 1250
f 7.1
1/400 s

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Simply a beautiful bird, Karl. Like the detail and nice the beak just cleared his neck. Great look at those powerful talons.




Geoffrey

[gail bisson]

You really had a wonderful opportunity with this handsome hawk and you made the most of it.
I find the vertical OOF branches distracting and would be tempted to clone them out.
Excellent eye level view. Good IQ on the bird.
This is a fine image but I definitely prefer the first image!
Gail

[William Dickson]

Another great image Karl, fantastic looking bird. I love the talons.

Will

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful bird, nicely shown. Thank you for sharing Karl.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent portrait with sharp details! Did yo blur the BG in post? it looks a bit unnatural especially around the bottom edge of the perch where the 2nd branch starts. it shows some blur mask has bleeding

TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent portrait with sharp details! Did yo blur the BG in post? it looks a bit unnatural especially around the bottom edge of the perch where the 2nd branch starts. it shows some blur mask has bleeding

TFS

Thanks, Arash.
No I did not blur the background at all.
There was an in focus tiny branch going into the bird's body on the left and one OOF branch in front of the feet I worked on, to make it look invisible using some fancy footwork.
This is how it would have looked with blur. Maybe better.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks Karl,

I think it's worth reworking in that area of the perch. I would def. avoid blurring anything in post, but I may use the burn tool and gently paint over the thicker OOF branches in the BG that have highlights

TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

For me it would be too fiddly to do any burning on the bright branches in the BG. I'd just accept them as they are since it is the environment I suspect this hawk would be in.
Lovely sharp details Karl, I like it.