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Rough-legged Hawk
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Rough-legged Hawk

by Mark Schiebelbein

Gallery: AvianPosted February 14, 2011144 views9 comments
From last fall.

Camera Model Canon EOS 40D
400mm f5.6
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/1250
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
ISO Speed 400

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Dan Harbour on February 14, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Beautiful golden colors. Great pose with view of the back, talons, and wonderful head turn. Sweet background. I like this a lot. :toast:
Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments
Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 14, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Mark, Very excellent!
Great pose, fine detail, good perch, and nice BG.
My only suggestion would be to have less dead space at the top. Move the bird up in the frame if you have more room at the bottom. If not, crop some off the top.
Sandy
Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Gulash on February 15, 2011 at 12:13 AM
This is a beauty Mark! Excellent exposure and sharpness. It would be wasted though if the pose, perch and background were not also excellent. I do agree with Sandy's suggestion to crop a little off the top for balance. Is this full frame?
Registered on January 28, 2005, 879 Posts, 12098 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 15, 2011 at 4:06 AM
That larger image is beautifully detailed and has wonderful soft golden light - well done Mark

cheers
Rob
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments
Comment posted by Karen Summers on February 15, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Beautiful shot I would also take a tad off the top, beautiful light
Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 15, 2011 at 3:27 PM
Wonderful detail and sharpness to the larger image, well done.
Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 15, 2011 at 11:28 PM
Love the over the shoulder look and the colors in the background.
Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments
Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 16, 2011 at 8:10 AM
Very nice. Like your crop. Good head position and good detail. There is a little blood on the lower beak visible in the larger image and I like that. There may be a it of over saturation of the yellows on the eyebrow-seems just a bit orange. But what a great image overall.
Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments
Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 16, 2011 at 3:26 PM
Nice pose and head-turn. I like the directional light and shared tones of bird and background.
Registered on February 4, 2007, 350 Posts, 4614 Comments