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    I am sorry to keep showing the same species, but as I change perches, BGs and poses I want to share it here and here opinions, today he arrived a bit too early and light was still harsh and the sun was not behind me yet. I added the plant and placed the honeycomb there myself with glue, it is winter here and there were no wasps :). Hope you like it.

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    I added room to the left and a tiny tail tip and aslo did some work on the BG.

    Comments and critiques are welcome and apreciated.

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    What I like,
    Details, colors, background, detail/sharpness, and composition. I also love the feathers on the back.

    I will not be able to provide any recommendations how to improve it... Awesome picture

    Raul

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    Mi amigo
    Your work gets better with every post. I am in awe at your creativity. Thanks for sharing. Just don't sniff that glue brother!

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    Nice light, exposure, and BG. I like the ruffled feathers on the back. I do prefer the perch, and poses in your previous shots better though.

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    Wow this is fascinating. Agree with everything Raul said.

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    I like the pose, perch, detail, colors. Indeed you are very creative. Only thing looks a bit strange to me is the blue in the BG at the back of the bird. Nice capture; congratulations Ramon.

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    Ramon your series has been just wonderful!! I have enjoyed each one! Everything is right! The light you are getting is just lovely. Congrats!!

    Nancy

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    Ramon, I like this perch better. Very sharp, Great BG but the blue blob above the rump is a little distracting. Best of the bunch so far

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    Very good, excellent, great HA, strong light but nicely done. Like the honeycomb, not sure about plant.

    BTW is feels like winter here too:( It is unusually cold and rainy...

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    Ramon, you could post a hundred of this hawk and I wouldn't get tired of him, very beautiful species as are all raptors to me. I do find the foliage a bit awkward but it doesn't take away from this image. Marvelous.

    Brian

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    Ramon this is so good , BG , Bird, Perch, eyes, feathers on back ,
    All in all rocking image
    TFS
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    Beautiful roman, until I joined this forum, I never knew or thought of artificial perch setting. should try it out sometime. Great image brother.. congrats...

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    Ramon, the sharpness you are achieving in these images is amazing. You are capturing so much detail, and your pp work is outstanding. Brilliant IQ in this too. I just find the dark area behind the bird a bit distracting, together with the slight hint of blue on the RHS. Still, the overall image far outweighs those two points. Congrats.

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    Ramon, this is wonderful.
    Love the whole set-up. perch pose light detail all superb.

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    I still find it a rocking image. Lovely sharpness and nice lights on the back.
    The green leaves looks to be unnatural to me. Never mind posting different images of the same species. They are a pleasure to watch. :)

    Szimi

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    And this perch is very beautiful!!!
    Great composition,eye contact,colors,bg!

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    excellent image Ramon, i would really like to know how you manage to have this bird returning to the perch regularly.. amazing.

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    I have really enjoyed this series Ramón! What a fabulous bird! You have dealt with the lighting well in all of them- I think it helps to have such a nice BG that is a darker tone than the bird. The perches have been really nice too. Were they set up or natural? If set up they sure do look natural!

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    Muy bella imagen Ramon.

    Great image Ramon. Love the pose and sharpness you got here.
    The perch looks very natural and light is fine with me. Keep sharing this great images.

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    Beautiful subject that I haven't got tired of. Nice work with the glue and great idea.

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    Hi Ramon

    You are having some great fun and results with this bird. Image quality is superb as have been the previous posts. I find the blue area at the end of the wings takes away slightly from a very good background. I think the perch would be improved without the leaves as they don't quite look right on this old weather branch.

    Cheers

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    Thank you all very much for your comments and honest critique, I preety much agree that the blue patches are less than ideal and also the leaves don't look quite right, but IMO that last thing is due to the fact that I didn't put enought leaves, I think that with more it will look better, those leaves are of a climbing plant FYI.
    Roadside Hawk IV is still my favorite, I am working to get a better image, I will probalby relocate the perch to be able to work with better BGs as were it is now I have very few degrees to move the camera wothout compromising the BG.
    Well, again, thanks!

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    Everything is in perfect order, I don't mind the blue patches in the BG. If you hadn't mentioned, I would have never guessed that the perch was set up. Personally, I'm not a fan of set ups.

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