Red-footed falcon

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

http://www.manospapadomanolakis.com/images/zoom/ICOXJY/MG_48081.jpg
Was created from a hide in Hungary
A bit crop for better composition and clone stamp on a brunch part
Canon 40D Canon EF 500mm f/4
1/2000 f 4 iso 800
thanks for looking!

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Pretty graphic, interesting action and good details. I would tone down the highlights more and wish for more eye contact.

[Brian Barcelos]

Manos, great action captured, that frog looks very tasty. You had very nice light and your exposure is great. I wished there was some eye contact and would have been nice if the blind were pushed over to the right but you did great with what you had. Congrats

Brian

[A_Maddah]

Hi manos
very nice.Great detail andni ceaction.I like colors, BG and position.

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[Chris Kotze]

Lovely colours and detail. Super BG and a great catch.

[Keith Bauer]

Interesting action. The light looks great. I wish I could see the head better with more separation.

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto All Axel said. Still nice moment and shot

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Manos, The frog is cool and the techs are aall fine but with the falcon's head angled away from us this one does not work for me.

[Harshad Barve]

I ditto Axel here, nice moment captured
TFS

[Stu Bowie]

The HA is fine for me, as the the action is him tearing into his meal. I like the light, detail and colours, together with the two tone BG. Well captured.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

More eye contact mate and it would be a killer. The frog is a nice touch. Thanks for sharing Manos. :)

[Kiran Poonacha]

well captured manos, yeah bit more eye contact would be better, but the light ,the prey and the birds natural feeding pose works too,.. congrats...