The Take off

From Lake Kissimmee, Fl. Female Snail Kite.

MKIII, EF500 with 1.4x, 1/1600, f5.6, ISO 400

Suggestions for improvement always encouraged.

Superb details with a great angle and good eye contact... pleasant dof ... good exposure.. excellent shot

Beautiful picture, great timing and nice light. Composition seem Little tight, I will shave a little from the bottom and add all the way around.

Mike
The composition might be a little tight.....but oh how I love the diagonal that is presented. You gotta love that wingspread. Well done.

Agree with Lana on the diagonal - very powerful composition. I might have like to see the eye/head turned a bit more toward you but then the diagonal probably would not have been as powerful.

Agree with comments on it being tight.

Fantastic capture, I like that spread wing position. The details are great...:cool:

Thank you to those that responded with your suggestions and encouraging words. I freed her up some in the repost.

or you could get rid of the post entirely.. that is a possibility too

I really like the repost!

Nice! And sharp! Well done.