Red-tailed Hawk

[David Goldberg]

I am new to BPN this is my first post. I shot this Red-tailed Hawk last month at John Heinz NWR Philadelphia PA.
Thanks for commenting
Nikon D200
Nikon 300mm 2XTC
RAW Format
Processed Adobe CS2

[Maxis Gamez]

Hi David,

Love the blue sky. I think the perch is sharper than your subject's eyes/head. The light is very warm as well.

[Fabs Forns]

Big welcome to BPN, David :)

I certainly hope we can help you improve your skills!

Nice and clean, if a bit centered, I would sharpen the head and blur the perch a little bit.
If you need help on how to do this, there's some tutorials in the Educational resources Forum.

Again, feel at home, please!

[David Goldberg]

This is my reedit - I sharpened the eyes and head - blurred the perch a bit.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Really like the repost David. The image now seems to pop.

[Ric Grupe]

Just enough retouching!

[Linda Robbins]

Welcome to BPN David!

The repost made an already nice image even better. Looking forward to seeing more of your images.