Kestrel in flight

I was happy to get this image of a kestrel. He perched for a while on that tree and then flew off.

Made with my Mark III
Canon 500mm + 1.7 TC
1/800 sec. / F 7.1 / ISO 640

All Comments very welcome

Rosl,
1.7 TC in Canon?

You have captured the image at the right moment. Gives a nice feel to the image. I think you could have increased the ISO further. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Hi Rosl! Nice timing with the image capture. I think a little more sharpening would help. And I suspect that a faster shutter speed from pushing your ISO a bit would have helped in that regard (as Sabyasachi pointed out). I might rotate the image slightly CW to straighten the tree out some.

This one looks good to me as is. Great moment you caught here

very well done Rosl., great timing and nice and sharp.

Great catch, Rosl. Agree re increasing ISO to get a bit more shutter speed.