Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk in Flight

[James Salywoda]

Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk
Southern, California

I went with a loose crop on this image as I didn't want to crop away tighter as to degrade this image. I really like the markings on this little Hawk and from what I understand the eyes go through three color changes(Brown-Yellow-Red)
and this little one is well on its way to adult plumage I hope you like it.

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4
ISO 500 F7.1 1/2000

Thanks For Looking
Jim

[Brian Barcelos]

James, excellent catch and I know from experience that Sharpies are quite a challenge to get in flight. Totally understand your reason for the crop and I actually like it. Plenty of detail and agree that they have very nice markings underneath. Great job Man, Conrats

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey James,
You know my love of the crop tooL....but in this case teh extra space works very well. Super pose and eye contact with very nice details throughout!

[john jackson]

Like the space. You captured a lot of detail under the wings, was there some reflected light from below?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Good underwing details and eye contact, I might crop it a bit tighter.

[Stu Bowie]

James, I like the soaring posture, good underwing detail, and overall nice and sharp. Well captured.

[Rohan Kamath]

very nice underwing details captured...i liked the eye contact and soaring pose... personally i prefer this crop over anything tighter... :)

-Cheers,
Rohan
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[Juan Carlos Vindas]

No more crop for me please!

Love the details this bird has and its patterns. Nice eye contact.

[denise ippolito]

James, Very nice as presented. I like the underwing and body details. Nice eye-contact and beautiful BG.

[Glenda Simmons]

Great angle of the hawk, showing all his markings with detail.

[Harshad Barve]

James
yet another winner from you
TFS

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Awesome plumage and I love the loose crop with that pretty blue sky! :) Well done mate.

[arash_hazeghi]

EXP is perfect against blue sky, love the details and eye contact, wish for slightly better beak angle

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the eye contact here, nice underwing details too james Bhai.. congrats..