Snail Kite

[Raul Quinones]

Another snail kite shot. I like the wing position.
Early morning picture.

Settings
40D, 500mm f/4, 1.4TC
1/1600s, F7.1, ISO 400, 700mm


Comments and recommendations welcome.
Raul

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks like the darks could be brightened a bit. Otherwise I like the wing position too...quite the "V"! Funny how the tail is held horizontally here :-)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Great timing Raul and a very unique pose. Love the eye contact in this image. These are definitely famous snail kites and many thanks for sharing.

[Alfred Forns]

Looking good Raul !!! Excellent framing and love the wing position Maybe as Daniel suggested a little more shadow detail !!! I like it a lot !!!

[Sid Garige]

Great wing position and excellent timing.

Very nice meeting you Raul.

[Stephen Stephen]

Raul great wing position here. It gives us an idea of how powerful flyers birds can be.

[Doug Brown]

I'll echo everyone else's comments Raul. Impressive wings with a real sense of power. Like the head-on view. Thanks for posting!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose and setting. Another vote for lightening the shadows.

[Raul Quinones]

yep! shadows required to be lighten up. Took the lazy route and work with the low resolution jpeg instead of going back to the original file.

[Fabs Forns]

Great repost, Raul and really cool pose :)

[Harold Davis]

fantastic repost, raul!!!! love the wing position and the work you did enhancing the shadows. now if i could get one like this on my harddrive!!