A hawk stands in command claiming authority over its domain and scanning its territory with a glare of rulership. This regal ruler of the sky has the countenance of a king as he is caught in a rare and elegant pose by the skillful eye of the creator. A perfectly balanced photograph with the subject surrounded evenly by the bark of a tree. The creator has applied a blend of background and foreground to capture the detail of the animal encompassed by its platform and its surrounding environment in a well-executed and designed portrait of this bird.