American Kestrel

[Myer Bornstein]

Hovering in a moderate wind on the causeway to Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake Utah. Nikon D3s, 500 f4 1/500 sec f/8 ISO 800

[Randy Stout]

Myer:

Nice tail spread, hovering pose.

Appears to be some motion blur effecting the sharpness, even of the head. I find 1/1000s a minimum for reliable sharpness on BIF, and with the D3s, would push up the ISO to get to that min.

I might consider a comp with a bit off the top, to play up the hovering feeling.

Cheers

Randy

[arash_hazeghi]

I like the hovering pose but the image quality isn't great, image looks quite grainy and lacking in details. I think this was a huge crop?

[Bill Dix]

Great pose and colors, but I agree about the IQ.