Red Tail Hawk on Perch

[dankearl]

1/1000
f8
iso200
600mm (300f2.8 w/ 2X)
Nikon D7000

DSC_2735nx2.jpg

[Randy Stout]

Dan:

Pretty good shooting angle for this fellow, must have been a short tree
Sharp and well exposed.

I like the talon in silhouette.

Might consider removing one or both of the sticks coming out of his back.

A few clouds would have helped add more interest to the sky ( where are the darn things when you want them.)

Cheers

Randy

[Rene Quenneville]

I like the pose. As Randy mentionned, I would remove the sticks behind him. In order to help the sky, you could give it sone saturation in PS.

[dankearl]

Thanks for the comments.
I would not remove the branches behind the bird.
I will clean up spots, remove objects that are a side effect in a photo, but the main perch
the Red Tail was on, I don't mind, and I think that much PP is beyond "artistic" expression and becomes
photo manipulation. I could add clouds for that matter.
Nature isn't perfect, I hope for a better perch next time.
That is why we keep doing this.
Thanks again
Dan

[Petros Petrou]

Nice pose and a beautiful perch. I like the clear view of the talons.
My only suggestion would be to decrease sharpening a bit since now I
can see some sharpening halos around the bird.
Regards
Petros

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice pose Dan, on my screen it looks a tad oversharpened

[Xander Sales]

Beautiful pose! Very nice...

[Randy Stout]

Thanks for the comments.
I would not remove the branches behind the bird.
I will clean up spots, remove objects that are a side effect in a photo, but the main perch
the Red Tail was on, I don't mind, and I think that much PP is beyond "artistic" expression and becomes
photo manipulation. I could add clouds for that matter.
Nature isn't perfect, I hope for a better perch next time.
That is why we keep doing this.
Thanks again
Dan

Dan: I absolutely respect your stand on the issue of image manipulation. Everyone has a different take on this.
I was not suggesting adding clouds, just that if present, they would make for a better sense of depth, something to keep an eye out for!

Cheers

Randy

[Karl Egressy]

Nice pose and an overall pleasing picture, Dan.
The perch shows some blue colour cast, you might want to remove it.

[Dan Busby]

I like the pose, composition and tension. Also looks a bit over sharpened on my system.