Juvenile Harlan's Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawk

[Brent Wellander]

I captured this image of a Juvenile Harlan's Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawk taking flight back on Nov 18 along Kootenay River Road near Creston, B.C.

Model: Canon EOS REBEL T1i & Sigma 50-500mm
Shutter Speed: 1/1250 second
Aperture: F/5.6 -0.67
Focal Length: 363 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Date Taken: Nov 18, 2009, 9:176 AM

Appreciate your feedback....

Thanks,

Brent

[kenn threed]

A very nice capture and pose Brent, sharp with good detail.

I'd lighten the darkest self-shadowing under both wing tips a bit I think, and tone down the highlights on the lower tail and right wing. Also some NR on the BG... the noise is uniform and not too bad, but I think smoothing it would improve the image. I'll let others speak to the crop... 'cause that's always a difficult call for me.

very nice shot,

Kenn

This is variation of the RTH I've never seen.

[Arthur Morris]

Cool bird with great pose (though the whole bird is angled slightly away from you....) Sharp. The biggest problem is the uneven lighting on the underwings...

[Randy Stout]

Brent:

Good advice above. I will comment that the crop is too tight for me. Needs space esp. to the front, but some to rear would be nice as well.

Hope to see more.

Randy

[Brent Wellander]

Thanks very much for all your feedback...much appreciated!