Looking back

[vishaljadhav]

Went back to search for this Guy, Male kestrel
this time around we were clicking it from a distance from a car when it decide to fly to a mound ahead of me and sit there preening today morning
enjoyed seeing it all the time, just was too close for my comfort as i struggled with the DOF

5D MIII + Canon 400 f2.8 + 2X tc
1/1500 , F10, ISO 1000
138364
I know its a bit too close however i wanted to see how close i could get
Let me know your thoughts, helps me learn

best regards
vishal

[Daniel Cadieux]

Yes it may be close but the comp feels balanced to me. Neat preening pose with all those ruffled feathers. F/10 seems to have done the trick.

[Glenn Conlan]

Very nice, love the detail


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[Raymond Lee]

Love the preening pose! Nice closeup!

[William Dickson]

Very nice, really love the colours on this image., and the eye looks awsome. Well done

[dankearl]

Very nice closeup, either you have great fieldcraft or a really tame bird?
F10 worked well…..

[Robert Kimbrell]

A nice close up, I think you made it work well, getting in this close.

[Marina Scarr]

Very nice preening pose. Would have been even better in lower light. You might try toning down the brights just a tad.

[keith mitchell]

Agree very close showing superb detail and colour, seen a lot of Kestrels this looks spot on to me, would not change a thing, wonderful image.

Keith.:bg3::S3::S3:

[Randall Farhy]

Gorgeous image, agree with the above comments. While the composition works as is, maybe a minor crop off the bottom, just above the black spot on the 1st row of orange feathers-this way the eye isn't drawn out of the frame by the curve of that last row. Really well done here.