Black Shouldered Kite.

[Satish Ranadive]

My first decent image of the New Year, 2013.Cropped and sharpened.
Feel sorry about steep angle. Got one frame of landing pose too, but I like profile pose more.

ISO: 400, 1/1600@ F: 5.6.Evaluating metering. Av mode.
WB: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

Thanks for viewing and appreciation. C & C are highly appreciated.
Kind Regards.

[Robert Holguin]

Very nice shot.
I really like the pose, great perch, exposed well, and great comp.
Dont know if it's me, but the eye looks a little hazy.
Well done.

[Satish Ranadive]

Very nice shot.
I really like the pose, great perch, exposed well, and great comp.
Dont know if it's me, but the eye looks a little hazy.
Well done.

Thanks for the comment.
Sorry, forgot to mention that I have the brighten the eye slightly.
Satish.

[Richard Unsworth]

Satish I have been chasing these for weeks, they are very jumpy indeed so well done for getting pretty close.
Tempted to pull down curve slightly, angle OK for me

[PhilCook]

Nice over the shoulder head turn Satish and a nice clean image, have to agree though the eye looks a Little hazy and a bit too red....one of favorite raptors

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Congrats on a cool capture Satish, I have struggled to get a good shot myself of this bird, but most of the time, its found sitting on a wire by the road side. So you did well here. I agree that the eye and crown is a tad soft, but can be fixed by you.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you for the kind comments.Here is the OP without eye brightening.

[David Salem]

Satish, the re-post is much better as far as the eye goes. Like the over the shoulder pose and detail and exposure looks good. A bit steep but thats were it was. Well done

[gail bisson]

Hi Satish,
The repost looks much better and more natural.
Very nice IQ and I like the pose.
Well done,
Gail

[PhilCook]

Repost is a noticeable improvement Satish....now it's excellent t

[Nick Palmieri]

Re-post looks better. very nice capture. Not the ideal HA but overall nice presentation.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice looking over the shoulder pose. Nice perch and background, Satish. I might be the only one who likes the original better.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The pupil needed to be darkened and the repost has addressed that. The iris could be somewhere between the two. The rest of the subject looks good. Details look OK but on the edge of losing too much due to cropping (IMO). You can create a looser composition if that helps with that. Still very nice, looks like 2013 is starting well for you!

[Sachin Saraf]

Congrats! I really liked the re post...except for steep angle this is a very fine image...Nice pose, IQ and details...