Red-tail

[Dave_Douglass]

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I never get tired of seeking out and shooting Red-tails, landed or flying. They just have a look. I shot this one with my D500, Nikon 2-500 lens, hand held, 1/2500th, f/5.6, ISO 200, 500mm, AI Clear, cropped to 1629 x 2054

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[Mark_Seaver]

A fine clean look at this Red-tail, Dave. The intensity of it’s gaze is quite striking.

[Dennis_Plank]

Nice composition and detail in the bird, Dave. The downward stare does a nice job of compensating for the upward angle of the shot.

[Allen_Sparks]

Nicely composed Dave with the hawk on the tip end of the perch. Good detail in the hawk with a striking gaze. Well done.

[Keith_Bauer]

Dave: A nice image with sharp details where it is important. I like the perch the hawk is on as well. I came back to this image a couple of times and each time I see a pretty strong color cast of blue / cyan in the hawk. I pulled it into PS so see. Here’s a version with a warming filter on the hawk to pull that cast out, and a small curves adjustment to the sky to work the blue in the sky just a bit.