Kestrel

Shot this at Bangalore Outskirs, India in first week of this month.

Canon40D, CanonEF 500 f/4, Handheld
Manual Exposure using Sekonic Light Meter

my only concern is branch covering Talon and tail
nice pose , killer BG and expo looks great
TFS

Very nice pose and exp, sh and BG. What is the approximate size of the Indian variant?

Thanks Harshad & Arash, Indian Kestrels are normally 33-35cm in length, or a little bigger than a Rock pigeon..

Beautiful. Love the eye contact, depth of field with sharp subject and BG colors. I might move the bird up and to the right just a touch in frame.

Also, I don't normally like seeing frames added to images but I believe this simple treatment works very nicely.

Thanks for sharing!