The Pose

[Dominic Cantin]

Hello to all :)

Here's an image taken 2 weeks ago at the Montreal Botanical Garden. This Cooper's Hawk is wild and free but they're 5 young birds who are not affraid of human. They're so addictive to observe in their learning and behaviours :cool:

This picture is full frame. The PP are brightness , smart sharpen and Noise Ninja on the BG , that's all.


Model Canon EOS 40D
Flash Used No
Focal Length 400 mm
Exposure Time 1/125 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 320
Exposure Bias -1/3

Have a nice day !

Dom :)

[Harshad Barve]

lovey poes, nice eye contact , lovely details , nice BG
all in lovely shot
TFS

[Gerald Kelberg]

I can see that you could get hooked on these! Super elegant pose and lots of great detail. I would be tempted to simplify the perch area as the various twigs and branches are somewhat of a distraction.

Enjoy the great opportunity!

Gerald

[Milan V]

Agree with Harshad. Very nice.

[Kiran Poonacha]

beautiful pose and details, would suggest cloneing out the bottom branches and run a round of blurring on the BG.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Agree with Kiran re branches. I love the eye contact. Such captivating bird! Thanks for sharing Dominic.

[Mohanram Kemparaju]

Share the above thoughts on clearing the branches and also the copyright is a little distracting...
Beautiful looking bird this one....

[Mital Patel]

what a beautiful pose and image this is.
the only suggestion is to reduce the size of your copyright tag and make sure it dosent overlay to the main subject.

[Ken Watkins]

All points covered above most particularly the branches and copyright tag.

Beautiful bird and a good poser too.

[Stu Bowie]

Super comp, and love the eye contact. I like the light and detail in this, and stands out nicely against the BG.

[Francis Bossé]

Great job Dom... Your white are perfect!!!!

[Charlie VanTassel]

Nice job on the exposure. Great to find a Cooper's Hawk that is so cooperative.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I feel I can almost touch it!
Love the eye contact here and the beautiful environment. Thanks for sharing.

[Dominic Cantin]

Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions :)

I'm sorry for the size of my © but that's the smallest size I can tolerate after someone have stolen my images :( I know that will not prevent someone to stole my images again but it's an additional warning ;) If someone stole your images , surely you'll have another point of view about the size.

I agree with Mital for the overlay on the bird , next time I'll pay more attention.

For the little branches , I should have removed some of them maybe but not all because I find they're like a support for the main branch.

Great to find a Cooper's Hawk that is so cooperative.

Charlie , they are 5 juveniles Coopers Hawks... all cooperatives !!! I know , I'm lucky ;) I made over 800 images in 8 hours !

Thanks again for your fair analyse of my image !

Dom :)