Red Kites Take 2

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX Mk2
f/4 400mm DO Mk2 with 1.4iii
f/5.6
1/1600
ISO 1600

This is another frame, from my time with the Red Kites...Same birds, different BG.

I hope everyone is coping with this virus. Stay Safe....Its self isolation for me...

Will

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Liking this series a lot, William. Brilliant captures of these beauties. Love the tones, and and dorsal views.


Geoffrey




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[David Roach]

Another wonderful top view with even better HA on both birds. In the previous the rear birds head was not as well lit. Loving this series... Give us more. TFS

ps
Those tail feathers...

[Bill Dix]

Another amazing shot. Thank you for sharing. Is this part of a courtship display?

[Jan van Holten]

No need for removing a fence and poles:bg3:. The landscape on the background works well.

[Colin Driscoll]

Gorgeous. Love the low action, detail, differences between the two.
Must have been thrilling to watch and come back with this result.

[arash_hazeghi]

wow this is one in a thousand chance for both birds to be sharp on the same plane of focus. magenta cast is very strong but other than that a great image

TFS

[dankearl]

Another Killer frame, better than the first.
Great opportunity, but it takes the skill to focus and get the shots.
And just being there...
Congratulations!

[Ian McLachlan]

Birds dead sharp. HA's spot on .And I love that light.And posts don't interfere. Keep them coming if you have more.

[Steve Kaluski]

magenta cast is very strong but other than that a great image

Can only echo Arash's comment Will, thought it was resolved in the previous posting?????

TFS
Steve

[gail bisson]

Fantastic! Fix the magenta cast and you have a killer image Will!
Congrats!

[annmpacheco]

What awesome birds and s an awesome dbl take image, wonderful skill here Will, magenta go away and you got gold!

[William Dickson]

Thanks guys, much appreciated....I did reduce the magenta slider all the way to the left in Adobe Raw, when I first processed, but thats not been enough!! I changed the colour balance here on the jpeg, by moving slightly +3 on the colour balance from magenta towards green. Does this look better.

Will

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[William Dickson]

And here it is with the reds reduced

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[William Dickson]

Another amazing shot. Thank you for sharing. Is this part of a courtship display?

I don't think its courtship display Bill...Just got lucky with both flying together...

Will

[John Mack]

Even better than the last one. A great frame with great poses from both birds. Is this a male and female or an adult and juvenile? The front bird looks much darker than the rear bird.

[William Dickson]

Even better than the last one. A great frame with great poses from both birds. Is this a male and female or an adult and juvenile? The front bird looks much darker than the rear bird.

Thanks John...Adult in front Juve at rear

Will