Cooper's Hawk

[Yves Guillot]

Taken last summer.

Pentax K10D - 600 mm + TC 1.4X - 1/100s f/8.0 iso100 + flash + BB - Full Frame Gitzo Tripod (Gt3530LSV) + Wimberley II head

What do you think of it?

[kklasman]

Incredible image! Very sharp. The detail is amazing. I can't think of anything to improve it.

What camera did you use? Tripod I presume.

[Shawn Marques]

It's a beautiful image with a lot of nice light. I just wish that more of it lit up the eye area. Nice work.

[Del Cockroft]

A nice portrait but I agree that the eye area is a tad dark. The focus is tack sharp on the chest but the head looks a little soft on my screen.

[Yves Guillot]

Thanks for your comments!

I have added the info requested for the camera and tripod.

I have not lightened the eye area in order to avoid burning the whites on the chest.

[Glenn Bartley]

This is a fine portrait. For me though the facial area being in shadow really takes away from the photo. The composition is also really right on the right and top. I think for vertical portraits its often a good idea to have the eye basically centered along the horizontal axis.

[Bill McCrystyn]

Yves, you could magic wand the eye "only" and brighten. You might be amazed how much info is there. Very nice shot. DOF with that focal length is hard to manage.