Red Tailed Hawk

[DanWalters]

Captured this image in Wheat Ridge, Colorado this morning. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
300mm IS lens
f/7.1
1/800 second
ISO 160
+1/3 exposure
RAW

[Tony Whitehead]

Good eye contact and lovely blue BG. I would mask the sharpening off the vegetation as it looks a little crispy. Did you need to lighten the image much in postprocessing? - I'm guessing it could have used a little more than +1/3 at capture time.

[David Hemmings]

Nice pose and perch Dan. I might desat the sky a little, but that is just personal taste.

[DanWalters]

Thanks for the comments! You are right, Tony, I should have lightened just a little more while shooting.