Juvenile African Harrier Hawk!

[Richard Flack]

Early morning light and a juvenile Africa Harrier Hawk
Iso 1250 / 1/3200 / f9 / 0
Removed tree trunk and branch to the right, sharpened for web, lightened, improved shadows and increased vibrancy
Look forward to your comments and suggestions!

[gail bisson]

Hi Richard,
You had nice light and the bird is sharp.
Since you have already cloned out a branch I would clone out the entire tree as it doesn't add anything to the image.
His feathers sure look tattered! It looks like he has already had a rough go of things.
Gail

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the light here. The OOF post really distracts from the subject

TFS

[Richard Flack]

Thanks so much for the comments Gail and Arash (maybe too many alterations/cloning from the original but her it is)

[Diane Miller]

Lovely light and excellent job of cloning!

Is he just fledged? I've been watching a nest of juvenile osprey about ready to fledge and the occasional view of an upstretched wing shows a lot of tattering, I guess from the nest. I wonder if that impacts their flying.