little hawk

I am working on different light/time for shooting this mural. This was

wireless flash late afternoon/ stormy skies. Your time and comments

are appreciated

... very good work ... thanks dear Tiffany ... best regards from Cyprus ..

I think you got a great read on the colors, and the blue against the red works really nicely. You also captured the scale really well. It's a really bold, eye-catching photo. I've been very tuned into distortion lately, so I do notice a bit of a curve to the line where the ground meets the wall and wonder if you like that or would prefer it straight. Though I like working with distortion in many instances, here I might consider how it would look with the perspective straightened. It's interesting that the girl's (?) arms obscure her face. Was that an intentional decision or just how the jump unfolded? Just looked again and realize that her face is, in fact, there, a little camouflaged by the background, I guess. Wow. Glad I looked again!

Thank you Fred for your thoughtful comments. It is a long story behing the hawk, that I simply don't have the typing skills to bore you with. But, we have done 2 shoots at the hawk.I actually DID straighten the image, but as you pointed out, it is still off...just slightly...aargh! I chose this jump shot, because of the arms in flight look and the slight blur of feet. This is something that I could spend hours shooting, but with my 2 little ones, I have to keep the sessions short. I haven't nailed the hawk shot that makes me crow yet. I will have to try again. Here is one from the first, with no flash in late afternoon sun.

So well seen and captured, Tiff. As already stated, "eye catching". Well done, my friend. Regards, Lawrence.