Banking Red-tailed Hawk

[James Salywoda]

Red-tailed Hawk
Southern California

This was taken in hazy mid morning light so the atmospheric conditions weren't the best but the image
was sharp enough. This image was also processed on an Ipad as with my last two posts playing around
It works great for basics but for masking and removing noise I find to be tough. So if you are seeing some noise
thats the reason.

Nikon D300 AFS 600 F4
1/1200 F6.3 ISO 1000

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Mital Patel]

James,

Man this is a beautiful dorsal view. that head turn added real beauty to the image..
Considering you declared the processing platform yes the noise is the reaction.

hope you re-do on your regular pc and give us more boost.

[Herb Houghton]

Nice full spread James. I like the feather detail throughout and the fanned tail is nice too.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Beautiful spread. Considering the conditions it's still a nice image and I believe some NR could help as well.

[Stu Bowie]

Incredible dorsal view James, and the fanned tail adds even more to the flight pose. Good detail and colours on the Hawk, and against a killer BG.

[Dan Busby]

James - I love the dorsal view and HA and the fact that the BG is not sky and is nice and creamy. I am sure the noise could be taken care of on a computer but impressive that the iPad can go this far.

[Petros Petrou]

What a fine dorsal view and a PERFECT fanned tail. I also like the soft light which reveals the natural colors of the bird.
There is some noise but I think that it adds to the atmosphere of the picture.

[Arthur Morris]

Spectacular pose and BKGR. The face could go a tad lighter. Tripod?

[yogesh_puranik]

simply awesome freeze grt sharpness and eye contact..lovely..

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome banking pose and nice top side view, there is some noise but sure an artfact of ipad processing!

[anujgandhe]

great pose, lovely details and execellent open wingspan..... yes a bit of noise visible as you said...

[James Salywoda]

Spectacular pose and BKGR. The face could go a tad lighter. Tripod?

Thanks! Always a tripod the lens I have is old and ways a ton.....

[James Salywoda]

thanks for the comments everyone much appreciated.