Swallow-tailed Kites on Florida Maple

[Marina Scarr]

Loved seeing these kites roosting on Florida Maple. The combination of colors seemed to work so well together. Not the easiest shoot from a rocking boat but well worth the trip.

Canon 1D3, Canon 500L & 1.4 @ 700mm
F8, 1/800sec, ISO 640, manual mode
Monostat monopod from a boat

C & C always welcomed and much appreciated.

Marina Scarr
www.marinascarrphotography.com

[Grace Scalzo]

One of those images that the more I look at it, the more I like it. Could you burn the bottom bird's beak to make it pop just a bit from the tree?

[arash_hazeghi]

nice shot Marina, wish to get this specie one day

[Ofer Levy]

I think this is your first image I have seen that I don't like....

[Marina Scarr]

I think this is your first image I have seen that I don't like....

I think if you don't like the image, it would be helpful to me and viewers if you explained why you don't like it, just as we all try to explain why we do like an image.

[Ofer Levy]

Hi Marina, the birds don't look very sharp, their beaks disappear in the BG, too much of their bodies is hidden and the left half of the frame doesn't add to the image IMHO.

[Sachin Saraf]

Marina, Nice eye contact on both the birds but even I feel it would be worth giving it a try to make the beak pop a bit to separate it from BG..Also did you see how vertical comp looks on this? I tried to see if it helps and here is how it looks (not sure if it works for you)...

[Marina Scarr]

Not a bad idea, Sachin. I have some that I took with the 2x teleconverter which might be good for this vertical crop. I liked my OP to show them in what I considered a pleasing environment.