Can this work?

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

One image I was not so sure to upload since there is no eye contact.

This gray hawk was hunting and thus flying very fast.
I would like to hear what the pros have to say...:cool:


Canon 30D
Canon 35-350@350mm
AV
Hand held
1/1250sec
ISO 400
f/5,6
Exp. Comp. +0.7
Fairly large crop:confused:

[Randy Stout]

Juan:

Well, I don't fall into the "pro" category, but IMHO this one doesn't work for me, at least.

The angle of the bird, and the light angle conspire against it. There is some nice detail under the wings, but not enough to overcome the other issues.

I tend to be fairly conventional with my images, so perhaps some of our OOTB thinking folks will chime in.

Thanks for posting.

Randy

[Scott Frye]

Eye contact is a must to tie the viewer to the bird and the fact that he is flying away does not help

[Stu Bowie]

Juan, Im no pro either, but captured at different angles, we see different detail. In this, we see how the legs and feet are tucked away neatly beneath the tail, and I like the detail from the belly and underwing. As for the eye contact, he's flying away. At best, I would remove the vegetation LLC.

[Doug Brown]

I definitely prefer eye contact for flight images Juan. If the bird were chasing something that you could see, this perspective might work. I agree about removing the vegetation, and I'd run Shadows/Highlights on the bird to bring out more shadow detail; I'd use a bit more + EC next time.