Common Kestrel - Male

[Girish Prahalad]

Another Kestrel image from my hometown.
Made with a handheld Canon 450D + Sigma 150-500 sitting on a scooter.
F6.3 | ISO 400 | SS 1/400 @ 500mm. Manual | Eval
Levels | Crop | USM | NR on BG.

Comments & critiques most welcome.

[Linda Dulak]

Lovely image. I love the play of colors from the perch to the colors of the bird. Beautiful look back pose.

Linda

[Iain Barker]

Very nice image. I love the clean background.
I wish the end of the tail was visible but that is only a slight concern and doesn't spoil the image.

[shane shacaluga]

Very nice. Good details and super BG

TFS

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Simply beautiful Girish. Like the soft light and the detail from head to tail. BG works perfectly with colors of this beauty.

[Markus Jais]

Fantastic Kestrel image. Great sharpness, good composition and wonderful head turn.

Markus

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Girish, lovely soft light, which in turn has brought out the colours nicely. Great look back pose, good DOF, sharp, and if anything, I would him back to left a touch more. Sweet BG too.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Gorgeous shot, I have taken the liberty of adjusting the black slider in levels just a tad:

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great, I like the pose, excellent light. Nicely done.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the look back pose, sharpness, details and composition of the RP. Well done Girish!

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Superb image Girish! You did extremely well, Jon's RP makes this fine image even better.

[MohsenVahedipour]

I like the excellent look back pose & nice IQ. Very well exposed.

[David Salem]

Love the shots you have been getting of this Kestrel. Great exposure control and detail in this one and the smooth green BG highlights this well. I like the RP because when I looked at the OP I thought it needed a little contrast. Very nice

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent view of the backside/top plumage with great eye contact. I would clean up the perch a bit

[Loi Nguyen]

Nice image of this kestrel in good light. Jonathan's RP took this image up one notch. Loi

[mohammad reza shahab]

excellent look back pose & BG. good DOF & Detail.