Black winged Kite - with kill, minor gore

[Richard Unsworth]

:S3:

7D 100-400 F5.6 manual exposure
1/320 hh ISO 800
early morning and hes using his favorite tpole.
Still need to get closer!
NR to BG and a little noise on bird, no other adjustments save sharpening


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[Joe Senzatimore]

Seems a bit soft. Was it a big crop?

[Alan Murphy]

Great action. The noise is a bit distracting to me.

[Karl Egressy]

Great action shot, Richard. I wish for a nicer perch.

[Richard Unsworth]

Hi
Thanks

Karl Im building hide in an old ruin which is next to an old dead tree he uses, hope to get him on that!

Joe - you are right tis a large crop but worth capture, as I said I need a bigger lens lol

Alan, ta, I can remove; I hate laptops! run again on BG, resharped bird and pole

[Shawn Zierman]

Repost looks better in regards to noise reduction.
IQ due to crop is what it is...
Although a small detail, I think the image would be better if the bird's nictating membrane
were not down...this species has such striking eyes anyway....

[Marina Scarr]

RP looks MUCH better. Thanks for removing the noise and reposting. Great behavior you captured here!!!

[Melvin Grey]

Very nice action Richard - what a beautiful bird. Best of luck with your other location - keep them coming!