American Kestrel

Caught this handsome male kestrel last year in a nice banking pose. The background is a dark storm cloud.

1DX---840mm---f6.3---ss1/3200---ISO1000---HH@8:15am---45% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

Its a winner Dave, excellent wing position and he was looking in your direction to top it off!

Excellent banking pose with great heat turn, David.

Nice banking pose,nice head turn,like the BG how it goes with some of the birds plumage,and nice detail.TFS.

Excellent wing pose and sharp details, David.

Nothing to critique here! Lovely banking pose, the perfect HA and gun metal gray BG all add up to a super image!
Gail

Excellent flight capture here David.

Beautiful flight shot, David. I love how the background matches him.

sweet topside view with a great wing position and BG, not to mention you got the male!

Thanks for the comments everyone

Way cool. I love the dorsal view and the perfect head angle.

Great look toward you. Good wing spread and dorsal view. No nits here. Well done.

Holy Cow! Wonderful!!!

Stunning image David! I like the banking pose, IQ, details, BG and composition.

Hi David, very cool top side with beautiful colors. Well done. Loi

Thanks again everyone. I appreciate it.

The Light made it,
the position is wonderfull, i cant say anything else :c3:

Hi Dave, Im always late to your party, but I still get to attend. Great eye contact here with the head turn, and the banking pose shows off the wing detail so well. I really like the colours of the Kestrel against the natural dark cloud BG. Very well captured.