Red-shoulder hawk

[David Goldberg]

I shot this Hawk on a windy day with the clouds moving across the sky - the light was changing from moment to moment. As this hawk turned his head the wind blew the head fathers up.
Camera Nikon D200
Lens Nikon 300mm 2.8 plus 2x TC
Exposure manual 1/1600 s at f7.1
ISO 250
Meter Matrix
Thanks for commenting

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Nice pose, eye contact and BG. I find the perch sticking out of his back a bit distracting.

[Alfred Forns]

Agree and might suggest less perch? Removing some from the bottom would work for me !!! Also lining up the sun behind your back would have minimized the shadow Light seems to be coming from the UR !!! Do like the image very much !!!! Excellent pose and look !!!

[Jim Poor]

Nice exposure and posture for the bird. If you're into that sort of thing, I might remove the horizontal portion of the perch from the back as well as crop from the right to get rid of the bit of perch that juts upward in the LRC.

[Linda Robbins]

Lovely pose. The bird is well lit despite the light angle. Nice job putting the bird on the left of the frame, but you might consider cropping from the bottom.