Red-Shouldered Hawk at roadside

[Linda Holloway]

This hawk caught my eye while on a birding trip to Apalachiacola, Fl. We all stopped and started taking pictures of him. Comments please. I have another with a different head shot. May post later.

Linda

Rebel xti
100-400 lens
400mm
1/60 sec at f/5.6
Handheld
slightly cropped

[denise ippolito]

Linda, You did really well for handholding the 100-400,what was your ISO? I like the pose and the perch-the slightly puffed up feathers are nice too-Nice exposure and you have a lovely BG!!! Congrats!!! I see a wee bit of noise in BG -but not much.

[Glenn Romain]

Very nice indeed . like Denise noted there seems to be a bit of noise in BG but its very light . Well Captured :)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Linda,
A very fine image indeed...agree with Denise on the techs....also agree on running a pass of noise reduction in the background...The color rendition and the sharp details on your bird is superb...congrats on a very fine composition...looking forward to more of your captures...:cool:

[Desmond Chan]

I mostly agree with other comments, but I find it a bit over-sharpened (the feathers and the perch). Overall, it's a beautiful image.

[Linda Holloway]

Linda, You did really well for handholding the 100-400,what was your ISO? I like the pose and the perch-the slightly puffed up feathers are nice too-Nice exposure and you have a lovely BG!!! Congrats!!! I see a wee bit of noise in BG -but not much.

Thanks Denise! ISO 100

Linda

[Lance Peters]

Hi - agree iwth the commenst above - very nice capture - gorgeous BG.

Looks over sharpened to me as well.

Keep them coming :)

[Alfred Forns]

Agree with suggestions Love the overall feel and look !! Everything looks elegant, what a perch !!!! Big Congrats !!!

[Doug Brown]

I didn't even know cameras had ISOs less than 400! ;) Nicely done. Agree that it looks a tad oversharpened, and I might crop a little off the left.