Kestrel

[Dave Mills]

Shot this in the Everglades. Had to wait for the right pose. Time was late in the afternoon.
Nikon D300 500mm F/4 lense
1000 ISO
0 comp
F8 natural light

[Mark Schmitt]

Fair job on the exposure; pose is acceptable. Looks like a bit of soft focus or motion blur. The very high ISO accounts for the noise in image. Could remedy some of that in PP. Thanks for post.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the pose and light and I agree that it needs more sharpening and NR on the BG. What was the shutter speed?

[Tony Whitehead]

Nice pose and light but looks like a big crop with very soft details and a lot of noise/JPG artifact in the BG