Red-shouldered Hawk in Flight

[Jim Neiger]

Osceola County, FL - 1D3, 500mm, 1/1600, F5, ISO 1000, manual exposure mode

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Beautiful flight image Jim with excellent detail and pose as well as a killer BG. Love it.

[Jeff Nadler]

Jim- motion totally frozen well. Am I seeing an abundance of speckled noise in the bird's wing and body? if so, I guess that's the penalty for using ISO 1000. Wondering if you can reduce this without sacrificing plumage detail?

[Todd Frost]

Beautiful image! Wonderful background and exposure. Nice job.
Todd

[Marko Matesic]

Fantastic pose and nice soft light.
Congrats!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose and BG. I agree with Jeff regarding sharpening artifacts. There also seems to be a slight blue cast.

[Stephen Stephen]

I love the overall composition and BG Jim.

[Jody Melanson]

Nice pose and BG, Jim. I agree there looks to be some noise I suppose due to the ISO1000. His eye looks a little soft. Almost like the nictating membrane was across or something.....the catchlight not being sharp is what is doing it I think....

[John Ippolito]

Beautiful capture Jim. Wing and shoulder colors really stand out. I agree with Jody-it does look as if the nictating membrane might be down due to the dull eye. But what a capture!

[Doug Brown]

Great pose that you captured Jim. Love the BG too. Agree with the critiques provided so far.

[Jose Suro]

Nailed this one Jim. Everything here works perfectly.

Jose

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice flight shot,I Iike the colors and BG!!!

[jimlittle]

Skillful capture with beautiful color and sharpness!! Why do they call it a Red Shouldered Hawk :)

[Ruhikanta Meetei]

Nice capture!