Awesome Picture... the action is just amazingly captured.

I think this is a great portrait, love the light on the bird, the tones are working just too well for me. I like the tree in the backdrop as well. The grains are definitely adding.....The attitude of a raptor is conveyed at it's best, don't know how many times I have seen this image now. Truly well made image and surely not only one of your very best but one of the best portraits in monochrome I have seen in the recent times.