Juvenile Northern Goshawk

[Desmond Chan]

I'm very sure you're tired of those frontal shots you've seen millions of time already. So, here is a break from the norm. And I don't even wow you with a clean background to enjoy :D

D300 200-400 on mono-pod. Manual exposure mode, no flash. ISO 800 f4.5 1/500 sec.

Cropped. Double-processed to recover some details in the highlight areas.

Thanks for bearing with me :)

[Chris Hansen]

Desmond,

I love the composition and the rim lighting. It really makes the tail standout and glow. On my monitor the left side of the hawk appears just a little to hot. The vertical branch on the left and the one in the upper left corner are distracting. What a beautiful hawk. Nice work on catching the "look"

God bless,

Chris

[Harold Davis]

you did catch a nice look from the hawk, but the light killed you. not much you could do.

[Alfred Forns]

Desmond don't mind the pose at all, just wish he was turning a little more. Would crop from the left to eliminate those branches and cleans the image well !!!

Light was tough since it was hard left, might tone that area down rather than work on the shade side more. It is different and interesting !!! Glad you went after it !!!!

[Nonda Surratt]

Desmond..I like the mixed light, quite a bit, and you handled it really well! Agree with Alfred on cropping off the left and maybe toning down the bright side, would be tempted to remove stick UR that is sort of intruding.

Love the feel.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Desmond,
I like the capture...agree with the suggestions and techs. given...you have nice details in the feathers...looking forward to the next one...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Hi Desmond - great to see you looking for something out of the ordinary, once you start to look - you will find lots of opportunites start to present themselves - its all about you and how you see the world :)

Agree with pretty much everything above - keep going :) :)

[Desmond Chan]

I love the composition and the rim lighting. It really makes the tail standout and glow.

.I like the mixed light, [snip] Love the feel.

... but the light killed you. not much you could do.

It is interesting to see how different people read the same element. To me, it is the lighting that I find interesting (I still have details in the bird and also the look). I pretty much know what comments I'd get for this photo, but I still want to see if any one would see things differently :D:D

...great to see you looking for something out of the ordinary, once you start to look - you will find lots of opportunites start to present themselves - its all about you and how you see the world :)

Thanks for the encouragement !

Thank you everybody !!

[Katie Rupp]

Hi Desmond, I find sidelight interesting and in this shot it gives me the feel of a cool, crisp early morning. I quite like it.