Brahminy Kite in flight

[Somdeb Biswas]

Brahminy Kite in flight


This shot was taken near Manglajodi, Odissa this winter.


(Nikon D500, 500 F4 G ED VR)
Exposure Time - 1/2500 seconds, F – 7.1, Exposure Program – Manual, ISO – 800, Metering - Spot
White Balance – Sunny, Focus Mode - AF-C


I appreciate all critiques.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR VIEWING & INPUTS.

[Daniel Grossi]

I like the image but something about the tone is a little off to me, or perhaps it's just because I've never seen this bird before. Also, if this is cropped, I'd leave a little more room behind the bird.

[John Mack]

Cool looking bird. The flight pose is nice. Agree about more room behind.

[Somdeb Biswas]

Thanks a ton for your inputs. I attach the scaled down (1600 pix wide) web version of the original frame for your reference.
Waiting for your inputs.
with warm regards,
Somdeb

[Bill Dix]

Interesting looking Kite. I'm personally fine with the comp and crop. I wish for just a tad more sharpeness of the fine detail. The one thing that bothers me is the dark spot on our right of the bird's head, just above the base of the bill. It doesn't look like the bird's left eye but I can't figure it out.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice banking pose but the image is too soft and noisy

TFS

[Daniel Grossi]

Something like this maybe? I'd give the raw another run through in LR/PS if I was you and not crop it so tight. I think you'll get some better detail out of it that way. I'm sure you can do a lot better than I did with the original file.
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[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I think it is not possible to salvage the image if it is too big a crop and especially if the RAW file is not sharp enough.
Nice flight pose, I do like this banking angle.

[Somdeb Biswas]

Thanks a ton for your inputs. I have many many things to learn from you all.Thanks again.With warm regards,Somdeb Biswas