I captured this image yesterday morning at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.
Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 175mm
1/2000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 280, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation
Joe Przybyla
"Sometimes I do get to places just as God is ready to have somebody click the shutter"... Ansel Adams
This looks great Joe! Beautiful soft feather details on the hawk, nice calling pose and the hanging Spanish Moss really enhances the shot. Only thing I could suggest is to maybe brighten the face a touch around the eye and to lower the highlights and yellows a little bit on the legs and undertail coverts.
Wow, great detail, you were close too! Fine image. The only thing that would take it over the top for me would be a green BG and a lower shooting angle, but still absolutely well done.
His position in the perch works really well, and the calling pose is great. Yeah, a lower shooting angle would have been good, but
this is a good result regardless. Great detail on the legs and feet as well.