Red-tailed on duty or defying authority?

[Ann Fiske]

This was over exposed :o but I liked the image, so I played with exposure and contrast and did some airbrush work. Cropped, of coarse. Thanks for looking and input.

Ann

Camera Model: Canon EOS 20D
Focal Length: 300mm Exposure Time: 1/400
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO Equiv.: 200
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix

[Lance Peters]

HI Anne - I like this a lot! Good feel to it and the BG and foreground work well together.
Bird does look somewhat soft and lacking in fine detail though.
Might sharpen the eye a tad - will make the bird appear sharper.
TFS

[Ann Fiske]

Thanks Lance. I will try sharpening the eye and maybe clean up the sign a bit.

[Dave Leroy]

Really nice composition and lovely colours.

You might even try a version with a bit of sharpening to the bird as well as the eye just to see how it looks.

[Ricardo Rodriguez]

Hi Ann, great comments by Lance and Dave (as always). I especially like the soft BG that you got by using f/5. You might also try a vertical, tighter composition. In any case, whether portrait or landscape, I would crop about half the space behind the bird.

BTW, judging by the mean looks of this guy, I think he's defying authority :D.

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Ann Well seen and captured !!

I like the face of that bird, does go along with the sign .. and you got the entire sign and well framed !! I think the focus of the camera was on the sing and not the bird, will be tough sharpening the bird when its a little oof, ends up weird !! Best solution is to stop down as much as possible for dof !!! Excellent !!!