Portrait of a Red-tailed

[arash_hazeghi]

Portrait of a perched red-tailed from 2006.



Canon 20D + 300 f/4 IS, 1/1250 sec f/7.1 ISO 400. SW: DPP 3.7 Digital processing: crop and rotate.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the sharpness, eye contact, BG and the composition works, too. If it were mine, I might give it a bit more room top and right. Maybe a bit NR on the BG? I wish the hawks around here were as cooperative.

[RAM MALLYA]

Very sharp nice details

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Arash, going back to old files - I do it all the time. My second body is a 20D, and still gives me excellent images with my 24-105 lens. Great close up, and love the light, colours, and sharp detail .Killer BG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Arash...close-up with 300mm. too good. Excellent sharpness and catchlight adds a lot. As Axel said, wishing the hawks allow me to get that close here.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks guys, hawks usually prefer to keep their distance but sometimes it works if you stay very low and approach slowly :)

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful portrait. Great details, sharpness and BG.

Markus

[Justin Reznick]

Beautiful portrait! Great sharpness and the background is perfect!

[Bonnie Block]

Well, Arash--it looks like a very nice image, but for some reason it will not download for me--stops after and inch or two?

[arash_hazeghi]

Well, Arash--it looks like a very nice image, but for some reason it will not download for me--stops after and inch or two?

Maybe our server is being slow(?) here is a larger version in my smugmug gallery:

http://ari1982.smugmug.com/Animals/r...5emCh-X3-1.jpg

[arash_hazeghi]

Great portrait Arash, nice details. 20d not so bad after all ... The reflection in the eye is so detailed, from my perspective it looks like there was a hill slope in your bg ?

Hi Peter,
Good eyes! Yes this guy was perched on a post on a steep slop. BTW, 20D IQ was great, pixel sharpness was excellent just like the 5DMKII (same pixel size).

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Excellent portrait Arash! love that powerful stare and the killer BG. The bill seems to be saying that some meal has just been eaten.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Hawkman! :D

There are some awesome details. Even though the eye contact is not really there I can forgive you! ;)
Fabulous light and very cooperative by the look of it. Would you mind telling how much of a crop? Thanks.

[arash_hazeghi]

Hawkman! :D

There are some awesome details. Even though the eye contact is not really there I can forgive you! ;)
Fabulous light and very cooperative by the look of it. Would you mind telling how much of a crop? Thanks.

Akos, it is about 40-50% of the original.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Thanks Arash. It is darn good mate! :)

[Ofer Levy]

This is fantastic!! Sharpness and detail are phenomenal! It has a wonderful 3D feel to it! Mazel Tov!! ;)