Red Kite

[Richard Unsworth]

Captured over the house here in Portugal.

Still having to crop, but getting a little closer; dropped my coffee to get this.
Worked with curves to lighten a little and NR by Topaz
ISO 400 F5.6 1/1250 HH 7D 100-400

[Nick Palmieri]

Hope you didn't get burned...Nice capture, love the tail fan. I think he was looking to take your breakfast...

[Raymond Lee]

Hope there's still some coffee after this shot!
The image does look like it's cropped tight as you can see the noise and it's slightly soft (bird at a distance). The post-processing worked very well to produce this image, regardless!

[John Cooper]

Very nice diagonal composition Richard and the warm colours of the Kite are well portrayed against the blue sky. The head appears a little soft to me, partly due I guess to the crop.