Mom and the Kid

[girisholeti]

Made Just before first light. The one in the front is a Montagu's Harrier Male Juvenile and the one in the back is adult Female.
Canon 7D, Canon 500mm f4+1.4x TC @ f5.6, ISO 200, 1/200Sec

[Frank Schauf]

Excellent shot with very nice soft background.

[Uri First]

beautiful capture.excellent colours and details . the interaction is a great bonus.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Super shot, great detail, colors and exp are spot on! Lovely interaction to add to it. Well done. May I as where was this taken?
Sanjeev

[girisholeti]

Sanjeev, I photographed this in Bangalore.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Thanks Girish, I am visiting Bangalore this month end. Can you guide me as to the best places for birding around Bangalore. I would appreciate any help in this regard. Am going to Coorg by road later.
sanjeev

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Girish,

You captured a wonderful moment in some terrific light. The ground "perch" is great, and the stem on the right adds a touch of balance to the image.

I do wish that there were some separation between the two, but you can't ask for this in the field.

Miguel

[Daniel Cadieux]

This looks great...super perch, BG, flower at right. I like a clean edge and for that reason I'd remove the dark green spot at lower edge.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Girish! I like the perch, pair, sharpness. light, exposure and BG.

[Shawn Zierman]

Really interesting and beautiful light quality. I enjoy the dual eye contact. Sharp crisp details.
Composition is excellent, particularly with the flower adding balance on the right.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

What a shot. Loved it all the way...the BG, the moment, sharpness, the mound. I think having only one eye of the adult visible is adding a ton.

[PhilCook]

I do like the stare on the back bird, but overall very nicely composed and sharp, extra bonus getting two in the one shot. To me it looks a little dull and flat, but a simple brightness tweak would make it a little nicer in my opinion

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful image of mom and kid.

Regards,
Satish.

[Faraaz Abdool]

What a shot, Girish! Fantastic image design, excellent work with the two birds in focus. Would it be possible to select the little flower (that balances the composition nicely) and mirror it such that it would be facing the other way? I love it as is, but it may be more effective pointing back into the frame as opposed to how it is now, pointing out. I still don't have photoshop but I believe it's possible. (Digital Basics for the win)

[Mike Veltri]

Really nice capture here Girish.

[Chris Martinez]

This is gorgeous.
Love the smooth, soft lighting.