Falcon at Wingspan

[Jim A]

I took this photo at least a year ago, but have been reviewing and suddenly thought what would he/she look like close up? Here is the result. Any suggestions gratefully received as this is not one of my areas of getting good images.

[Shadowman]

Looks reasonably sharp.

[JBW]

If I was to process this shot as one of my bug shots;
1) tone down the blown highlights on the beak
2) clone out the middle bright area in the eye
3) remove some of the bg noise
4) put a little more clarity/structure into the feathers.
5) I would also see how the shot looked with the bird facing to the left.

Just some thoughts. It's a good shot as it is. Hope you don't mind but I was curious. Let me stress that my rendering is certainly different but not necessarily better. It is just one of many ways to develop your excellent shot.

[Wavelength]

Its look at the viewer is very sharp which masks the lesser sharpness of the image liked it

[Rainforest]

Beautiful bird. Nicely caught. The flipped orientation Brian suggests is much stronger IMHO. If it were mine I would work on the bg noise too.

[IzzieK]

It is clear and sharp enough. +1 to Brian's edit too.

[Jim A]

Very good suggestions, Brian, thanks, much appreciated! Thanks to others too for your feedback.

[selig1656]

Look'n great , love the details and the eye .

[bnnrcn]

Very nice. Brian's edit improved the image