I see you didn't pull out the tele to its longest length, but then I wonder: is this a crop out of an originally larger frame? Or was it maybe too slow to hold 1/125 sec. at 223mm? For somehow Mr Raven looks like he could have been a tad sharper. USM?
Not a crop, but you're right about the handholding ... it was in a shady glen and I guess I just didn't get it fast enough. My CP was on the lens, slowing it down a tad too.