Cooper's Hawk III

Gallery: AvianPosted August 11, 2016132 views6 comments

This one reminds me of a gangster movie with that subtle display of the the raised claw and direct look. "You want part of this?" For a juvie that didn't seem to have its act together yet, it sure had some tough looking poses in its repertoire.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600mm, hand held, f/8, 1/500, iso 800 aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. Cropped to 14.1 MP before resizing. Taken at 4:04 PM on August 7th.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 11, 2016 at 9:07 PM

Excellent image - love the streaking rain. I just wish there was a touch more room beneath the entire perch

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on August 11, 2016 at 9:26 PM

For me this comes in as a close second to the first post of the Ccoper's Hawk looking into the stump. All are technically perfect and I'd love to have any one them in my portfolio.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on August 12, 2016 at 10:16 AM

Dennis: wonderful pose and background. The raindrops are a major plus. Congrats! Richard

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Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on August 12, 2016 at 11:40 AM

HI Dennis
It looks like you had a great time with this Hawk. Nice focus and I love the rain.
Peter

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on August 12, 2016 at 10:00 PM

Another great pose, Dennis. I really, really like this series.

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on August 13, 2016 at 7:01 PM

I like this a lot Dennis. Your hawk series is impressive. The rain and soft light really made for nice conditions for you. The raised foot adds a lot to the image too. We'll Done! devil

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