Sharp Shinned Hawk Inflight

[Juan Tolentino]

I took this image this morning at my local lake in Miami Lakes Florida with the handheld Nikon D500 (crop sensor) and AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm 1-5.6E ED VR
ISO 500
f6.3
1/2000
500mm
Manual Mode
Processed in LR and PS.
Crop around 50%

All C & C's will be greatly appreciated.


Thanks for looking

JT

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice hawk, you got him sharp but the steep angle was not in your favor here. I hope you can get him lower in the sky next time. I feel there is too much empty space in this frame

[Daniel Cadieux]

Sharp, and with a pretty neat eye. As well as agreeing with Arash, I will add that the sky could be toned down and its' hue tweaked as it has a bit of an "electric" neon feel. I'm sure it was pretty cool to see one zip by over your head like that.

[Juan Tolentino]

Thank you Arash and Daniel...That's one of the reasons that I'm here for, to learn from the best. I think I have an image when the hawk is approaching me. I will look for it, but I think the wing position is not the best, I'll post it later to get your opinion. When I saw the hawk from the distance I thought it was a grackle and didn't put much interest until it was close enough, then I got too excited...hopefully I'll have another chance in the future.

Thank you again for sharing your expertise.