Another White-tailed Kite!

[Dan Brown]

OK! This will be the last WT Kite from me for a while! (maybe:D). PP'ed in ACR and CS3, heavy crop, selectively sharpened with Nik Sharpener Pro.

Handheld out the car window
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: 80 to 400mm
Focal length: 400mm

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Awesome eye and eye contact Dan. Can't decide if the branches detract from this great capture.
Regards,

[Lance Peters]

Hi Dan = thought the same as OZ so made some real quick changes so we can decide. PS work is not great - but you get the idea.

[denise ippolito]

Dan, I hope it's not the last WT Kite you post-I've enjoyed them very much-not too often do you get to photograph them.The eye looks great!! and the pose is awesome-Lance's re-post is the icing !!

[Alfred Forns]

Awesome bird and love the eye contact !!! ..... exposure not shabby !!! GREAT !!!

Branches wise I would crop half of the perch The action is on the bird !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Lovely light and pose Dan. Lance beat me to branch removal. Might take out the one in the other corner too. Really nice.

[Gus Cobos]

Great capture with fantastic details Dan, The eye makes it for me...I like the original, lets call it natural habitat...:D:cool: