Banking Kite

[Morkel Erasmus]

I felt the need to process some older avian images - so went the files from a trip to the Kalahari in February of this year.
This was taken from a hide, looking down. It was difficult to know which ones to photograph, given that there were hundreds of yellow-billed and black kites around the waterhole in a somewhat freakish outbreak of termite spawning that they were coming to feast on.

Techs:
Nikon D3s with Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II + 1.4xTC @ 700mm
f8.0 @ 1/1250 SS @ ISO-2500

[jack williamson]

Lots of detail on the kite, great wing position, nice BG.

Jack

[Randy Stout]

Morkel:

Jack said it well. The detail is outstanding on the bird, nice separation from the BG, well exposed.

Looks very dry!

A little head turn our way would have helped.

Cheers

Randy

[PhilCook]

Nice timing Morkel, no nit pics from me, very nice as is

[dankearl]

Nice topside view and nice PP at iso2500.

[Rachel Hollander]

Morkel - I agree nice topside view with great detail.

TFS,
Rachel

[christopher galeski]

its all been said Morkel,very nice image.well done.

[Danny Laredo]

Lovely image Morkel. Great flight pose.

[Richard Mc Donald]

Nicely caught Morkel, love the catch-light, the iceing on the cake so to speak.

Richard

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great pose and neat background. I'm with Randy for a bit better head angle, and I'd remove the highlights on the bill, but terrific IQ and processing.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Thanks for the feedback, folks.
Will touch up that beak! It's dry there - a semi-desert...though this was taken in the rainy season so there was some greenery.