Puffed .......

[Ritesh Nangare]

Kestrel (male Bird)
Veer Dam Near Pune, Maharashtra,
Dec 2015

He is one of the boldest bird i seen ever. while preening they looks more beautiful then they do in normal time because we can see each and every feathers of these bird in that time. i choose crop this and want to show the range of feathers they have.......
Hope you all like it...

Canon 1Dx,
Canon 500mm+1.4TC,
f/8,
Iso-800,
SS 1/4000

Enjoy..........

[David Salem]

Great looking puffed up portrait of this beautiful Kestrel. The pose, details and BG look really nice. I find the image just a little bright and lacking in contrast. I added some blacks using levels and curves and added just a touch of saturation. I also cleaned up some of the top of the frame. Not a huge difference but just showing how a subtle change can make a difference when presenting or printing an image. Well done

[Sandeep Chakraborty]

Excellent Close up, nice details. Good suggestion above by David

[Glennie Passier]

Ritish, this is superb. Love the portait style. Colour and detail are wonderful. David's repost is very good, but great as posted.

[annmpacheco]

Ritesh,
a lovely close up and i like the repost that David did. I think the added blacks gave more definition. Such a great image, well done.

[keith mitchell]

Ritesh a beautiful piece of work,the feather detail and the colour is superb.

Keith.