# Inflight Red-shouldered **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** birds\ **Created:** [June 6, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477 "2023-06-06T22:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477/1 "2023-06-06T22:57:49Z")
![REDSHOULDER.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/d/0/d0a1659721657a65a2f6d66fb7003926b451100b.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description I spotted this hawk on a wire near the country road I was on so I pulled over, locked and loaded, and waited for it to hopefully take off. After several minutes it finally did. Worth the wait, I decided. ### Specific Feedback Anything? Cropping? ### Technical Details Z9, Nikon 200-500 lens, 1/2500th, f 8.0, 750mm, ISO 450, handheld, Photo AI, cropped to 3760 x 2751 ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Mulkey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@Daniel\_Mulkey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Daniel_Mulkey)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477/2 "2023-06-06T23:56:49Z")
I have nothing to say about this image except to offer my admiration for a great capture. ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Stanton](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/stephen_stanton/32/575_2.png) [@Stephen\_Stanton](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Stephen_Stanton)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477/3 "2023-06-07T00:05:09Z")
Dave, for me it’s always difficult to get a good Red-Shouldered shot even perched. A good flight shot with a full complement of colors and patterns has stymied me for quite a while. This one would have been a keeper for me even with the URC. I like the sharpness and crispness of the wing pattern and the name-sake red shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477/4 "2023-06-07T02:53:58Z")
Nice catch Dave - love seeing these hawks. Nice wing position and I like that the bird is angled toward us. I could see adding a tad of saturation to the hawk for a little more pop but that is a minor tweak. well done. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477/5 "2023-06-07T14:55:33Z")
Very nice wing position and angle on this hawk, Dave. I know it’s pixel peeping, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of fine feather detail except on the tail. Does the Z9 have bird eye AF? ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477/6 "2023-06-08T03:40:23Z")
Yes, it does. ---
**Author:** ![Robena.Sirett](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/robena.sirett/32/50153_2.png) [@Robena.Sirett](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Robena.Sirett)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/inflight-red-shouldered/35477/7 "2023-06-08T12:54:59Z")
Lovely photo! I love the colours here and the mix of patterns in the wings against the pops of light in the background. I like how you have cropped…always a challenge when there is sky in part of the background which I think you have dealt with well. I agree this was well worth the wait!!!