White Tailed Kite Bringing Stick to Nest

[Loi Nguyen]

I have been posting these WTK pics with very significant crop and loss of IQ. I'm happy to have this shot which includes the kite, the stick, the nest tree, and the Los Padres mountain in the BG in good light, so not much cropping is needed. I cropped about 15% in the vertical to make it a panoramic shot and a little bit left of the bird for the composition.

1DX
500f4II + 2X III
1/2000
f10
ISO1000
+2/3 EV Evaluative metering off the blue sky in same direction
Manual exposure
Tripod
Taken about 1 hr 15 min before sunset

Appreciate your comments

Thank you

Loi

[vishaljadhav]

nice image
500 + 2 x means you are really at a distance
i like the pose
a little bit more of the eye would have added a lot of interest in this image to me
keep them coming

[Corey Hayes]

Nice capture, its pleasing to the eye.

[Faraaz Abdool]

Lovely shot, well composed with good light and colours. Very pleasing to look at!

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Loi,

This is my favorite from your series so far. I wouldn't change anything here. The crop works great, and each element adds to the overall photo. Nicely done!

Miguel