Black Kite

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

1/500
f/6.3
ISO 400
700mm

[Grace Scalzo]

Lots of interest. Nice and sharp, I like how we see the tucked foot. Angle is a bit steep, (I'm sure that this was out of your control) and I think the comp could be strengthened by taking from the left and adding to the right to give the bird more room to gaze in to.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Grace has offered you some good suggestions that I agree with . Great looking subject with nice details...love the layers on the tail.

[Lyle Gruby]

Beautiful subject, very sharp, agree with revised comp. Might want to clone out the nub of the perch underneath the main perch.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Grace, Dan and Lyle. There was large vertical tree trunk on the left of the bird, I had no option but to crop this way (this is almost full frame though) To avoid including the tree trunk I had to shoot vertical.

[PhilCook]

It's all been said and I agree, although myself I dont mind the slightly high angle of shot...with raptors i think it adds a better sense of dominance as fitting of a bird of prey. The detail is excellent and a nice minimilistic image, might clone out the small branch on the right though