Red Shouldered hawk after her/his bath! Nothing a brush and blow dryer can't fix!
Canon 7d
F 4 500mm hand held from Jim Neiger's pontoon boat
SS 1/4000
F 5.0
ISo 640
I had my camera settings ready for a flight shot so that is why the high SS and ISO
A fun shot but comments and critiques are what keep me trying to get better!
PP in LR3 and NR in CS5







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Repost looks better, and I would maybe tone down the lighter part of the perch LRC. I do like the overall character of the perch.


Harshlight, it would be worth revisiting the raw file to tame those highlights on the perch. Not sure about the comp. I realize you may wanted to include the vegetation in lower left, but I still feel a crop from left (half the vegetation) would balance the image out nicely (you could perhaps then add some canvas at right to retain the aspect ratio.)

