Immature Red-tailed Hawk

[Ryan Schain]

Believe it or not, this is a wild bird. To my surprise, it landed a few feet from my blind, and ignored me completely while checking out a nearby squirrel. I love random raptors that absolutely positively does not care about your existence. This is nearly a full frame image.



Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 L IS

1/250
f/6.3
400 mm
ISO 400
+2/3 EV
No flash

[Peter Coskun]

This is fantastic Ryan. The detail in the feathers is incredible not to mention sharpness throughout the image. The exposure also seems spot on here. The framing is very nice and natural as well. One of your best for sure

[Mark Dumbleton]

This is stunning. Lovely use of opportunity. Good composition and details.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice closeup, love the details and pose. I would get rid of the brown oof patch in the lower right corner.

[denise ippolito]

Ryan, Beautiful details and I like the very tight crop. I agree w/ Arash regarding the OOF brown patch.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow, check out the details in the feathers!! The eye, being deeper than the bill and forehead, seems to have lost a tiny bit of sharpness due to DOF. I would advise selecting the eye and applying an additional round of sharpening just to make the parameter around the pupil crisper. I also agree about the spot in LRC. Otherwise....FANTASTIC!!:)