Adult kite

[arash_hazeghi]

After photographing juveniles, I had an opportunity to photograph adult kites last week. I was lucky the kite banked towards me while calling. I am enjoying my new 600 II which keeps impressing me with excellent servo tracking. My trusty 500 is now looking for a new home!

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1D4 600II + 1.4X TCIII (840mm) f/5.6 /3200 sec ISO 500.

Here is a high def (http://ari1982.smugmug.com/Avian/Raptors/White-tailed-Kites/12533571_VQvFQ3#%21i=2021264990&k=hjLJmzt&lb=1&s=O)version to enjoy!

[Ofer Levy]

The light and open beak put this over the top. The HD version is great!

[Frank Schauf]

Nice composition and excellent expsoure control and sharpness.

[Richard Unsworth]

Great pic as usual perfect timing :-)

BG is superb; I am left wondering how you get these forest backdrops on your pics I guess you must have access to a location where you are standing on the edge of a valley and the greenery is back aways?
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[Randy Stout]

Arash:

Well exposed, sharp, great calling pose, good BG.

I might try to soften the shadow of the head slightly, and for personal taste would give a sliver more room to the left, even at the cost of making it a bit more squarish. The wings create such a strong diagonal that I think it would tolerate the extra canvas well.

Cheers

Randy

[Vikram Agrawal]

wow! what a spectacular shot. thanks for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Ari, tack sharp, love the eye contact with those red eyes, and the open beak a bonus. I like the diagonal flight pose, and against a lovely BG.

I will send you my postal address - it shouldnt take too long for you to post your 500 to me. You did say you would give it to me for an early Christmas present. :w3

[Sanjeevprakash]

Beautiful shot of IF Kite.The lighting on this is nice.

[Doug Brown]

Killer frame Arash! I like the shadow of the bill on the wing, the eye contact, and the calling pose.

[Markus Jais]

Great wing pose. The calling pose is fantastic. Maybe he was saying "What a nice lens you got!"

Markus

[Bill Dix]

Beautiful light on the banking kite, and awesome IQ as usual. Another formatting option: move the bird a little bit down in the frame to make room for the magazine title on the cover.

[gail bisson]

You have it all here Arash. A nice BG, great wing position, beautiful light , killer IQ and the bonus of the shadow on the wing and the calling pose.
Well done,
Gail

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone for nice comments

[Tin Man Lee]

Killer shot, great wing pose with the super calling action. Very lovely background.

[Giuseppe Varano]

Everything has been said, another killer shot Arash.

[Satish Ranadive]

A "classic image".Love it.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the calling pose, wing position, IQ and BG. Excellent image Arash.