On a Hunt

[Kiran Poonacha]

These beautiful beings are back to winter in India, But still overcast conditions here in south India, hope to make some good images of these beauties with good light.

Spec: 1/1250, F 7.1, ISO 800

Mk4+500mm+1.4TC

[RAM MALLYA]

Amazing action captured here bhai

[Chris van Rooyen]

Your usual excellent standard. Light is fantastic: subtle yet strong. Eye contact puts it over the top. Congratulations:cool:

[Jeff Dyck]

Wow! The framing / crop seems perfect for this shot with the bird's body position and gaze. Outstanding.

[Loong-Tat Wong]

Wow! Beautiful capture with great pose,framing,sharpness and a BG to kill for!

[Tim Munsey]

Exceptional, best kestrel in flight shot i've seen.

Tim

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful work, Kiran. I love the pose with the talons showing so prominantly.

[Bill Dix]

Super shot, Kiran. Great pose, eye contact, background -- amazing capture for such a fast-flying bird.

[James Salywoda]

I like the dynamic pose captured very nicely done Kiran

[Arthur Morris]

Bhai, I am a strange one: for flight, I pretty much prefer soft like this to any sun that causes distinct shadows. Love the pose, the hanging talons, the look, and everything else about this one.

[A_Maddah]

Wow.excellent.All good.Serious congrats!
TFS

Asad

[Stu Bowie]

Kiranbhai, you have absolutely nailed this. Fantastic flight posture, with good eye contact. I like the light and sharpness, and what a killer BG.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great pose, eye contact, background!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, you nailed this one. Terrific pose and crop....loving those talons a lot. I need to come to Bangalore some day just to go to this place where you get all kinds of raptors at eye level.

[Harshad Barve]

You do not get much better than this
TFS

[Geoff Warnock]

A stunning image! Hard to imagine anything that could make it better. (the only thing that springs to mind is a prey bird just under the talons, but who doesn't dream of that kind of thing!)

[Dan Brown]

Excellent Kiran! I love the soft light, sharpness, pose and eye contact. As for the framing, IMO, this is more powerful with about half of the empty space on the right cropped out, but this is great!

[Pieter de Waal]

Another vote for a magnificent photograph, exposure, sharpnes and eye contact excellent. I like the pose which illustrates the grace, agility and strength of the bird - well captured.

[denise ippolito]

Outstanding flight pose Kiran, I love the sharp details and beautiful BG also.:)

[John Guastella]

Perfection! If I ever capture an image like this, I will be a happy man...

John

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is insanely good! Absolutely stunning!

[Austin Thomas]

Excellent Kiran,

I love the feet and the eye contact.

Cheers

Austin

[Danny Laredo]

This is fantastic Kiran, excellent pose and BG.

[Layton E Parham]

Just enough blur on the wingtips to impart movement. Outstanding in every way!

[Ulli Hoeger]

Wow!!

[Lorant Voros]

Not much to say Kiran, just much respect for your work. Love the colors, the action, the feeling of the image, the soft light. Hats off.