Landing: Black shouldered Kite.

[Satish Ranadive]

Photographed few days back. Cropped and sharpened. Two branches next to this perch were removed. Right eye brighten.

ISO: 800, 1/2500@ F: 5.6.Spot metering.
WB: Auto. HH. Canon: 550D, 400mm.

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

[Uri First]

magnificent bird, excellent timing and good details.

[supreet.sahoo]

A great landing pose and nice details on the bird. A great moment captured very well.

[Randy Stout]

Satish:

Very nice indeed, I like the landing pose, talon shadows, well exposed.

There is a subtle repeating pattern in the sky below the birds left wing, probably where the branch was removed.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Satish, nicely timed for the incoming perching, and of course, the wingspread looks good. Comp wise, I would take a bit off the left and add to the right. Although you have lightened the right eye, I would try a bit more.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Good eye by Randy seeing the cloning artefacts! Neat incoming pose, and especially liking the far wing. The light angle was not the best it could have been and rendered a big shadow on the near side of the face.

[Karl Egressy]

Greta landing pose captured, Satish. The light looks a little harsh but it is a nice image none the less.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Satish,

Nicely captured and a good idea to remove the branch near the wing. As Randy mentioned, there is a bit of evidence that you can clean up quickly. I might also brighten the right side of the face (his right) just a tad more. Otherwise, I like the dynamic pose and outstretched wings. Do you have more from the series?

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome image Satish, nice action and composition.

[arash_hazeghi]

very nice dynamic pose and good details, I wish the other eye was not in the shade

[Robert Holguin]

Great shot.
I really like the landing pose, great perch and comp.
Well done.

[Sachin Saraf]

Wonderful landing pose...Love the details and talons..

[Jon Swanson]

I like the position the bird is in and the details of it. The dynamics of the bird are well captured here. I would consider lightening the face/eyes so that we can see them better. But all in all a very nice capture.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot Satish, I like the landing pose and the outstretched wings. I note you have added a little brightness to the right eye. I know it can look false if overdone but I would try a little more on the whole eye socket and maybe just a tad to the plumage in shade also.

[Satish Ranadive]

Thank you all for your nice comments and suggestions.Points of improvements are noted: artifact in the BG, lightning of face and shadows removal.
Miguel: This is the only shot I have got.No other frame.

Regards,
Satish.