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[K9Kirk]

Just looked at the shot 1 without all the exit data, I think that you have shallow DOF some parts are indeed sharp others are soft
Other thought is wing tips are moving fast therefore shutter speed would have to be high ish 350 500 th sec
I am nota twitcher so my bird photography skills are limited but theses are things I would look at

Agreed and thanks for the input. Truth be known, I was @ f/5 and 1/2500 sec. at 150mm. I could've slowed the shutter way down and closed that aper quite a bit to get a sharper picture overall but things aren't always as they seem. The reason for those settings was I was expecting him to take off flying so I wanted a fast shutter to stop most of the motion and the aper was a match for that shutter speed and therefore produced a shallow dof.

 

[baturn]

Great set!

 

[K9Kirk]

Great set!

Thank you.