Here I wanted to crop really tight in, (this is FF), all I wanted was to keep focus on the subject and try also to portray it's gorgeous markings. In addition, the carcass of the prey is kept to a minimum and that is something I may expand on with a different posting next time. I can live with the slightly clipped RHS, as the hawk is constantly on the move, a penalty of going tight with a fixed lens. Yes, with hindsight moving the lens a wee bit more to the right and then adding canvas to the LHS at PP stage would have been an option, but the whole scene is in total flux.
Thanks to those who commented or viewed the last posting.
Steve
Subject: Sparrow hawk (f) (Accipiter nisus)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III
Exposure: 1/1600s at f/9 ISO6400
Original format: Portrait, FF
Processed via: LRCC 10.5 & PSCC 22.5.1
Shot from our hide, baited with road kill.