Red-tailed hawk, waiting for the breeze to facilitate his soaring. Horseshoe Park, RMNP. 03/29/16, 8:19am. Canon 5DmkIII, Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM, 1/3200s @ f/5.6, ISO 400, lens focal length 400mm.
[Apr. 10th, 2016 07:07:53 PM]
No additional comment from me about a challenge which rewards technical flaws.
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This is a beautiful photograph. Interestingly my inexpert eye isn't 'getting' the flaw. I'm going to save my vote until later so that I can have time to understand it better.
Too good to be flawed, LOL. Barrel distortion doesn't really "read" in this image, so it's not a "flaw" in the usual sense of the thing. Fantastic smoothness and sharpness in the image itself. I'm guessing this is Richard Hahn's work.