The lack of sharpness in the digital negative which corresponds to this published photograph, of which the subject is a red-shouldered hawk, originally disappointed me, for I was somewhat fond of his posture when I viewed this photograph in my preliminary photographic developing application, DxO OpticsPro 11 Elite. As a result of the perceived lack of sharpness, I originally intended to give to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library this photograph and change its copyright status to one falling under one of the “Creative Commons” licences, but, when I engaged in my systematic sharpening routine, I noticed that this photograph was astonishingly sharp, and that it was not visibly over-sharpened! Because of this rather major improvement, I consciously decided to continue to hold the default rights to this image, hence the obnoxious watermarking!

As always, constructive criticism pertaining to this photograph, my writing, or any of my other photographs would be joyfully received by me, because I rather strongly wish to improve the quality of my photography. The sugar-coating of criticism directed at my creations, or even me as a person, is unnecessary, and it often simply causes the man who criticised my work to appear to have been uncertain about the legitimacy of the criticism which he gave to me. Although I attempt to extract everything which is beneficial for me from every situation in which I am involved, the lack of confidence which is displayed by those who vigorously attempt to remove any offensiveness from their criticisms leads to my suspicion of the lack of advice which would affect my creations positively. Please verbosely explain to me any flaws which are present in this photograph and were directly caused by me, e.g., clipping highlights or shadows, if they are noticed.