Juvenile Red-Shoulder Action Pose

[Daniel Grossi]

Getting ready to go after prey.

D500
Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6e VR @ 300mm
1/2000
f/8
ISO-1600
Spot Metering

Cleveland, Ohio
February 2017
Cold and Partly Cloudy

[Juan Tolentino]

Nice pose and beautiful bird Daniel. Regretfully, IMHO, the sun and head angle are not helping you here. Background looks noisy on my screen and the lighter sections are a little distracting.

Thank you for sharing

[Michael Thompson]

I like this shot! It is so hard to get between the sun and the subject, that is what makes wildlife so challenging! But it still works for me because of the cool perch, pose, and background. I would back off a bit on the yellows, and do some noise removal on the background.

[Bill Dix]

Nice perch and great dynamic pose. Light angle not ideal, but to my eye you did a nice job with it. (Might brighten the head just a tad?) As Michael suggests, you can't always put the sun where you want it. Yes to some NR on the BG, and maybe tone down the whitish spots.

[Daniel Grossi]

Nice pose and beautiful bird Daniel. Regretfully, IMHO, the sun and head angle are not helping you here. Background looks noisy on my screen and the lighter sections are a little distracting.

Thank you for sharing

Thanks Juan, I don't disagree with anything you said.

[Daniel Grossi]

I like this shot! It is so hard to get between the sun and the subject, that is what makes wildlife so challenging! But it still works for me because of the cool perch, pose, and background. I would back off a bit on the yellows, and do some noise removal on the background.

Thanks Michael, this hawk doesn't understand where I need him to be regarding the sun... never.

[Daniel Grossi]

Nice perch and great dynamic pose. Light angle not ideal, but to my eye you did a nice job with it. (Might brighten the head just a tad?) As Michael suggests, you can't always put the sun where you want it. Yes to some NR on the BG, and maybe tone down the whitish spots.

Thanks Bill, I love his pose here. Too bad everything else was working against me huh. I'll revisit this one in LR.