# Rough-legged Flyby

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/rough-legged-flyby/26993>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [February 12, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/rough-legged-flyby/26993 "2022-02-12T17:17:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**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:** [February 12, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/rough-legged-flyby/26993/1 "2022-02-12T17:17:00Z")

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![Rough-legged Flyby](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/d/3/d3d94e2a41d05a10efa56f915fc22719cf0b1bfb.jpeg)

There’s a wintering Rough-legged Hawk near here that I continue to have opportunities to see, and shoot. Here’s a recent capture I snagged of it flying by.

### Specific Feedback Requested

I realize that it’s cropped a little tight but, to my eye, it is justified for the details including its stare. Opinions?

### Technical Details

Is this a composite: No  
D500, Nikon 200-500 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, hand held, 1/3200th, f 8.0, 700mm, ISO 1050, AI Clear, cropped to 3015 x 2199.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morrissey](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/peter_morrissey/32/683_2.png) [@Peter\_Morrissey](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Peter_Morrissey)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/rough-legged-flyby/26993/2 "2022-02-13T20:08:24Z")

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Hi Dave  
I like the crop and head-on angle of this photograph and the color detail is very nice. It looks like the camera grabbed focus on the left wing tip, making the body and right wing a little soft.  
Peter