Brown Falcon

[Richard Mc Donald]

Taken some time ago.

East Arnhem Land NT Australia

1D MKIII 500L

f8 1/1250 ISO200

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely image and I really like the dof.

Light angle adds to the nice feeling of depth in the feathers.

I might consider a tighter crop, perhaps horizontal.

Very well done.

Dave

[Levina de Ruijter]

A wonderful image. Well captured. I agree with Dave on the composition. I feel the bird is too centered. But well done.

[Julie Kenward]

Richard, you have a beautiful pose and lovely eye contact...good sharpness and a great clear sky BG. I do wonder if you don't have a bit of a green color cast on the feathers of the bird, though...you might try adjusting the white balance to see if you can get the browns to be a bit stronger.

As for comp, I'd go horizontal but put the bird closer to the right side of the frame and maybe even add a bit of canvas to the left side to give him enough space to look into.

Lovely image overall - what a treat to see this beautiful bird!