Sparrow hawk (Juvenile)

[Steve Kaluski]

OK, so this is the juvenile now on the carcass feeding, after the female had been in and 'opened things up'.

I push the Histogram way to the right a tad of clipping on the whites, far more than I would on the 1DX MK3, so the BKG goes dark, but there are I know some flaws in the original.

Thanks to those who commented or viewed the last posting.

Steve

Subject: Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM
Exposure: 1/2500s at f/9 ISO3200
Original format: Landscape, minimal crop, almost FF
Processed via: LRCC 10.5 & PSCC 22.5.1

Shot from our hide, baited with road kill.

[Volkan Akgul]

hi Steve,

very good comp and detail.
Congratulations.
:)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Looks very good indeed, colours spot on, all the detail is there to be clearly seen. The highlights and shadows have been handled particularly well, good job!

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Steve ... are there that many road kills in your area ??? . Good for you and the subjects ....

Cool job on the processing front , albeit I am struggling a bit with the BG .... is looking a bit strange in parts , regardless which screen I do look at it .
You made the most out of the difficult lighting I think and I do like the typical feeding pose of a raptor .
Color rendition is awesome on the subject .
Who wants a Sony , when looking at this lovely color rendering

TFS Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Steve ... are there that many road kills in your area ???

Plenty, but they have been predating the garden with small birds too, but I'm only going to use what we find. Grouse would be nice, but need to check.

I am struggling a bit with the BG .... is looking a bit strange in parts , regardless which screen I do look at it .

I did say there were flaws, there is some very patch colour noise, not something I normally suffer from, generally caused from under exp. As I said, it's good to see faults and and learn from them and I'm trying to be honest.

Thanks.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Okidoki Steve ... wondering if there is no solution for the BG to make it less obvious.

[Steve Kaluski]

Unless you are going to the ‘nth degree’ for social media it’s fine. Just need to push the exp probably, and I did cross platform to another raw, hey Ho…

[Daniel Cadieux]

Oh to have had the bill sunlit as well, a bit of bad luck there. Still a fine frame of a very exciting opportunity you had here. There must have been feathers everywhere around the scene!

[Steve Kaluski]

Oh to have had the bill sunlit as well, a bit of bad luck there.

Spot on Dan, if the head was turned slightly away from us, more parallel, then I think that might have been the case, but as we know, wildlife doesn't;t always cooperate at time, but good/valid point.

There must have been feathers everywhere around the scene!

If you require any spare pillows...