Red Kite

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm with 1.4
f/5.6
1/2000
ISO 1250

This is one from the archives which I have reprocessed..HH...ACR and PS2021

Will

[William Dickson]

Just noticed a wee bit of a green cast on the lower head...don't know how it was there, but I have fixed it.

Will

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[Randy Stout]

Wil:

Lovely dorsal view, lots of detail , nicely exposed, good head angle.

Fun to go back and redo older images with better software!

Congrats

Randy

[Brian Sump]

That's what I'm talkin' about, Mr Kite King!

An undisputed beauty Will. The even light, intense stare, sharp from tip to tip and the glorious bkg make it a stunner.

Love it mucho my friend!

[Wayne Niz]

Spectacular

[Colin Driscoll]

Fabulous, what a collection you must have of these birds.
IIRC from your original posts of these they were flying over grass and that gave the green hue under the bird.

[Volkan Akgul]

hi ,

Colors, sharpness movement is excellent. The equipment is mastered and the handling is excellent William.
this and other photos are very beautiful.
Congratulations.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Will this is superb, love the colours exposure and details.

[John Mack]

Love dorsal flight shots like this one. A cracker all around. Nice pose & background.

[dankearl]

Nice flight pose and very nice BG to go with..

[David Roach]

A real stunner against a perfect sky. PMP TFS

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Will ... stunning capture !!
Looks top notch all around , good to see the old 1Dx performing so well .

Just see a thin dark line around the subject .... ???!!!
Would be interested where it is coming from ?
Sorry for being picky .... but the image is so good ... it does cry for perfection :w3

Very well done !!!!!

TFS Andreas

[William Dickson]

Thanks guys ....much appreciated.

Will

[William Dickson]

Hi Will ... stunning capture !!
Looks top notch all around , good to see the old 1Dx performing so well .

Just see a thin dark line around the subject .... ???!!!
Would be interested where it is coming from ?
Sorry for being picky .... but the image is so good ... it does cry for perfection :w3

Very well done !!!!!

TFS Andreas

Thanks for that Andreas....I 'pixel peeped' :w3 ....also saw the line....just wondering, if it was when I gave the BG some NR(PS)...as there was some posterisation....which it cleared...

Will

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hey Will ... I saw it without peeping :w3 , just peeped for confirming :w3

[Paul Burdett]

Late to this one Will...but glad I saw it. Love it! One day (take heed covid) I'll get back to your neck of the woods and photograph these birds. Cheers.