Rough Legged Hawk

These were taken in Pawnee Grasslands 2/27/2010. Enjoy.

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I love that first shot, beautiful hawk.

Nice shots, Claudia. Can't let Mark have all the fun.

Nice shots.

Nice shots

Beautiful hawk and shots Claudia.

db

That 1rst shot is killer!

I especially like the first image..beatifully photographed and what a great looking Hawk ( one of my favourites).

Because this image has so much going for it I think there is more potential. Its a little dark IMHO and the bird appears to be leaving the frame because of the distance behind it as opposed to in front of it. You have "image editing OK" with your signature so here is an edit that I think demonstrates what I am thinking. I used curves in PS to brighten the image while keeping contrast plus a selective dodge in and around the eye ( soft brush, 10% opacity) I added canvas to the left side of the image and then used the marquee tool to copy the sky in front of the bird and paste it into the added canvas.The seam was belnded using a soft brush with the cloning tool at 50% opacity. I then cropped to remove some from the right and bottom of the frame. I hope you approve and if not I can remove the edit at your request.

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Very nice shots Claudia and very nice PP on the image as well Gary.

Nice shot, but I think the edit is lacking a bit of contrast for my taste.

Thanks for all the great comments. Gary, thanks for the repost. I appreciate the help and plan to rework the image as suggested.
Claudia