Juvenile white-tailed kite. These birds are very skittish and difficult to approach. 1200mm is a must when shooting kites which makes it very unforgiving if there is slightest amount of heat shimmers or smoke in the air. Although the perch is not quite ideal I went for this shot because there are few times you can get close up details on this small raptor
shot with my A9 II and 600 GM + 2X TC (1200mm) ISO-1600 f/8 at /3200sec. hand held. processed with C1P.
09-30-2020, 09:22 AM
annmpacheco
Beautiful juvie, love the colors and the complimentary BG w the touch of green there. messy perch is what it is, curious about what is ?"hanging" from the bird at the start underneath of tail feathers...
09-30-2020, 09:42 AM
Bill Dix
Beautiful light and color, good pose on the bird. I'll forgive the perch, given the beauty of the bird and background.
09-30-2020, 09:49 AM
Joseph Przybyla
Beautiful bird, wonderful color palette. Your usual spot on techs. I guess I would wish the out of focus near branches were not there but they could not be avoided. Thank you for sharing, Arash.
09-30-2020, 02:43 PM
John Mack
Nice of the bird to perch on the top like that. I like the light and the framing. Detail looks very nice.