Fully fledged Kestrel

[christopher galeski]

This is a image of one of the 5 Kestrels that have nowfledged,the sun was just rising,but does not hit this part of the old quarry,cannon500mm IS L USM,700MM FL,7D,F5.6,I/100S,ISO 1250,TRIPOD,CROPPED,SHARPENED,DENOISE BG.COMMENTS GOOD OR BAD.THANKS.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Love how the subject pops off the monitor. Great detail and flat light handled very well. Might take some off the bottom. Don't think you need it and it doesn't add anything to the fine image. Might even think about a vertical crop.

[Ofer Levy]

Composition looks fine to me. Sweet pose and nice eye contact. IQ is not great though - quite a lot of noise on the bird.

[Marina Scarr]

IQ is not great though - quite a lot of noise on the bird.

Ofer, could you please explain how and where you see the noise in this kestrel? I tend to find it much easier in the BG than I do in birds. Thank you.

What a lovely bird. I like the settings, and the colors. I wouldn't mind seeing the bird placed a little more in the upper right of the frame. Seems just a tad centered.

[Ofer Levy]

Ofer, could you please explain how and where you see the noise in this kestral? I tend to find it much easier in the BG than I do in birds. Thank you.

What a lovely bird. I like the settings, the colors and the composition very much.

Hi Marina, I see the noise everywhere on the bird and there is very little fine detail.

[Rachel Hollander]

Nice pose and eye contact. I agree with Ofer that there is a lot of visible noise on the body. Did you lighten the image substantially in pp? Although it also could be the high ISO with the 7D.

TFS,
Rachel

[Karl Egressy]

Lovely picture of the fledgling, Chris.

[arash_hazeghi]

great image, I like the way he is looking at us. I have to agree with Ofer regarding IQ. To my eyes, the feathers details have been smeared quite a bit by the application of NR.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot. Great pose and I really like the green vegatation.
Well done.

[christopher galeski]

Thankyou all for your comments,agree on the bird being a tad noisey,did not notice till I up loaded.thanks again.