Roadside Hawk

Gallery: AvianPosted February 12, 2015135 views4 comments

Canon 1D-X, 300mm x 2.0TC, handheld
f5.6, 1/500, ISO2500

Transpantaneria, Pantanal, Brazil, October 2014. A very common bird, but I liked the cranky expression.

Cropped to vertical, selective sharpening to bird.

C & C, please. Thanks for looking.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on February 13, 2015 at 9:30 AM

Beautiful expression indeed, very nicely rendered. I wonder if cropping a bit off the right and top would work? I might eliminate some of the featureless light background, and move the hawk off the center - just a thought, I like it as it is too.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on February 13, 2015 at 5:49 PM

Nice image, Jim.
I agree with Alberto about his comments regarding composition

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 13, 2015 at 8:16 PM

Excellent detail, colors, and exposure Jim.
Great looking hawk

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on February 16, 2015 at 5:21 PM

A nice exposure and detail given the difficult shooting conditions you had here Jim. I probably would have placed him a bit higher in the frame.

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