I had to squeeze all I could out of my camera for this portrait of a young Cooper's Hawk found in very poor light - even if the end results seem to contradict me.

Canon 5D III with my 500L f4 lens handheld @ 1/200, f4, ISO 800, +3 exposure compensation.

Cropped vertically. Colours balanced. The eyes could be better, but that's life.

Cheers,

Mike