Female Snail Kite Landing...

[Dan O'Leary]

Another from Friday morning with Jim Neiger on Lake Tohopekaliga in central Florida. This is the female form.

2008:05:02 07:11:46
1dm3 @ 500mm
Manually set at 1/1600 sec, f/4, ISO 1000
Metering: Evaluative

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great sharpness, lovely OOF background, posture fantastic, a real classic. My only nit is that the eye seems s bit dull, but still an awesome image!

[Doug Brown]

So close to perfection! Love the claws, sharpness, light, exposure, and BG. Only ingredient missing is better eye contact. An image I'd be proud of nonetheless.

[Dan O'Leary]

Aww, shucks - you guys just made my day! (seriously)

[Paul Pagano]

A very nice image, Dan. My nit already covered....excellent light.

[Blake Shadle]

Great work Dan. I like the light, pose and colors in the image. A little more eye contact would be nice, and I'd like to see your subject a little higher in the frame. This is one heck of an image :)

[Gus Cobos]

Dan, great image and composition love the colors and the details on your bird...no nits from me...congrats...:cool:

[Robert Amoruso]

Excellent image Dan. As far as eye contract goes, the bird is landing so is looking down. Because she is landing, you get the breaking action of the wings and the talons out. It all works well Dan. Stellar image. If you want you can select the eye and brighten it up - your call.

[Robert O'Toole]

Superb image, I think the issue with the eye is really just one of brightness, as Chris mentions it looks a little dull, brightening it up or lightening it woulld look much better, but the image already is really great. Just gorgeous.

I would crop some off the top but thats just a personal pref.

Robert

[Kirsten Frost]

Great image Dan, lovely lighting and posture of the bird here.