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    I like the down stroke pose and the overall setting.

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    You did well to get this Dan well done, I think the head is slightly OOF, the feet look spot on, I don't know if presentation will improve with a little extra sharpening but perhaps worth a look see. I think the grasses and background make for a very pleasing image.
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    Great wing position and BG.
    I would sharpen the head a bit more as it is OOF and would love to see a bit more room in front of the hawk.
    I would also clone out the2 OOF grass behind the hawk.
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    The pose and setting are great, but the image isn't perfectly focused. Noise is starting to rear its head on that near wing as well.

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    Powerful downstroke and nice habitat. I would like to see some additional sharpening of the head, and I think a horizontal crop would work better here.
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    The pose and the setting are great. But the image is too dark for me and the hawk is not sharp. I do not think that additional sharpening would make a difference as the whole bird looks to lack critical fine feather details.

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    Great red tail. Great pose. In addition to the problems mentioned above the head is pretty much lost in the base of the wings.

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