Roadside Hawk

[Juan Tolentino]

I captured this image in Costa Rica on July, with the Nikon D850 Handheld and Nikkor 500mm f4
ISO 2800
f4
1/400
Manual Mode
Processed on LR and PS. Neat image for background noise reduction
Large crop (> 50%)


All C & C's will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for looking

JT

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the sharpness, HA, BG and composition. I feel the image is a little on the warm side. Got to love birding in Costa Rica!

[Arthur Morris]

This is well done. SH and IQ are fine. The HA is perfect for the pose. The EXP and brightness look fine. Yet this one does not have the impact of your best images, the BNST for example.

i am not quite sure why.

with love, artie

ps: was it by the side of the road?

[John Mack]

Nice bird with a nice perch and good background. The exposure and sharpness looks very good.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Cool bird, neat perch, good BG. A bit of noise on the tail and wing that could be dealt with. I also feel a truer vertical, with more above and below, would be good IMO.

[Isaac Grant]

Hey Juan. Great pose and eye contact here with an interesting background. The first thing I noticed was the noise on the undertail and wings. That should be able to be fixed. In addition I would brighten up the image and work on removing and yellow/orange cast on the shot. I would also add a touch more contrast to the shot if you could do so and not add any more noise. I think once you make those changes the shot will be even more appealing.

[Juan Tolentino]

Thank you for all the comments and suggestions. Here's the repost with Issac's suggestions.

Artie, Yes, it was on the side of the road.