Snail Kite

[Fabs Forns]

Nesting time again, not too much activity this morning, but I got a couple of keepers.

Date: 6/7/09
Time: 7:48:26 AM
Model: NIKON D300
Lens (mm): 700 (500/4 VR plus 1.4X)
ISO: 500
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter: 1/1250

[Alfred Forns]

Might be the best I've seen in a long time Fabs !!!! Big Congrats !!!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Cool pose and eye contact. I also like the inclusion of the vegetation. Maybe a bit more contrast?

[Todd Frost]

Agree with Al, it might be my favorite of your posted images. It's got it all, ha, wing position, light and detail. No nits from me just congrats on a fine image.

Todd

[Daniel Cadieux]

Killer pose, and the vegetation adds alot to the image...very cool! I love the peek-a-boo talons :-) I'm with Axel for more contrast, but I do realize your preference is normally otherwise. I would maybe clean up the greenish OOF area in LLC.

[Mike Tracy]

Well done. I like the wing and head position which resulted in a good catch light. Nice job with the whites on the tail which are difficult to get exposed correctly. The vegetation is placed perfectly within the frame. I would consider eliminating the oof "stuff" LLC.

[Harold Davis]

FABulous!! were you shooting 14-bit on this one? colors look great!! love the pose.

[Fabs Forns]

FABulous!! were you shooting 14-bit on this one? colors look great!! love the pose.

No, I was doing 12 bit because of the speed.

Gracias fro your comments everyone!

[Randy Stout]

Fabs:

Lovely pose with excellent detail in both wings. Looks powerful/purposeful to me.

I agree with Axel and Daniel, that at least on my monitor, the bird looks a little flat. I tried both a slight contrast boost, and also a very slight downward curve adjustment in the bottom 1/4 of the curve after fixing the rest of the curve. I really liked the latter effect.

Besides giving just a bit more, snap to the feathers, it brought the eye out a bit more.

As everyone has said, a lovely image.

Randy

[Art Kornienko]

Killer pose for sure, nice pp adjustment Randy, just a touch more space between bird and vegetation would have been nice.

[Sid Garige]

Like that wing position Fabs. I will join you all next weekend.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Beautiful posture and composition! Like it as it is!

[Dave Barnes]

Love the pic Fabs, super posture and comp.
If I have to be over critical I would suggest clealing up the fuzzy green in the bottom left hand corner from OOF leaves, I found it pulling my eye to this spot away from the subject.

[Stu Bowie]

Fabs, excellent flight angle, and I like how he flying over the vegatation, and I like the detail from the top of the wing too. Congrats on an outstanding image.

[Michael Wolf]

Superb capture !

[Juan Aragonés]

Yeah ! what a killer pose and that red eye rocks! very well done Fabs. I agree with Randy that the image needs just a touch of contrast but I am sure that you are really happy with this one :-)