Young Hawk Making the Jump - with Edits

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VenturaYoungRedtail
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This young hawk was being harassed by a crow over a local pond and decided to land in the snag right in front of me. It quickly decided I was too close and made the jump to another tree a little farther away.

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Canon 7DMii, f8, 1/2000s, iso 400, -0.7ev, 100-400+1.4tc at 299 mm.

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Great timing!!! I don’t know how you feel about removing things, but if it were mine I might try to remove the branch that crosses his body on the lower left.

Overall he looks fantastic!

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Hi Ed, nice pose with raised wings and I like the straight on look. Trying to remove the intersecting branch is a good idea as Elizabeth suggests. It would probably be pretty easy with the remove tool in Photoshop. Cloning in Elements would be a bit tougher. Still, a fine catch either way.

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Nice timing on the hawk, Ed. You might remove the lone unattached branch from the bottom. I’d also consider removing a bit of canvas on the right and adding a touch on the left. Excellent detail.

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Nice pose with the hawk looking at you. I don’t mind the branch across the hawk and it might be tough to remove it. Could see removing the LLC branch.

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Ed, nice pose from the hawk. Good suggestiond already. In addition, I might try to fix that left eye that is a little distracting, being dark and unclear.

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I really appreciate your comments @elizabeth, @Allen_Sparks, @Dennis_Plank, @Allen_Brooks and @SandyR-B. I’m not really sold on changing out all the branches in this one, but I went ahead and reworked the image according to the suggestions I received. I do think it is a cleaner image overall.

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Nice job cleaning it up, Ed. I probably wouldn’t have removed all of those, but it’s a good exercise!

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