Red Tailed Hawk

[Patrice Allibert]

I have done this shot a few weeks ago and I would like your advice. I have decided to keep the BG with half blue on the left and half green on the right. To have a smooth transfer from the top right of his head and the BG, I have used the following set up 1/2500, f5, D300 with 200-400 at 400mm iso 400.

No crop, size 100%, the bird was incredibly calm.

Thank you for your input

Patrice

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

the composition is a bit centered but the pose is very sweet!

[Harshad Barve]

I agreed with Manos here ,
pose is awesome
TFS

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Sharpness is fantastic. I'd suggest cropping differently, e.g. putting the eyes close to the vertical 2/3 line. And the light seems to have been pretty harsh giving the shadow over the eye and the detail-lacking whites on the breast. JR