Kestrel in spot light

[arash_hazeghi]

American Kestrel. The BG was a distant hill in the shade, low sun above the horizon below the cloud line created this spot light effect. Hope you like it



1DX 600II +1.4XIII f/5.6 1/3200sec ISO 1000. handheld

hope you like it

[Bonnie Block]

Beautiful, Arash! Simply stunning. Love the lighting. Catchlight make it seem alive.

[Diane Miller]

LOVE it! What beautiful feather detail on the wings. How do you get that close to kestrels? Is it a trained pet?

[dankearl]

Yes, the catchlight really makes it come alive.
Beautiful light!

[Arno Ellmer]

Beautiful light ,bg and downstroke wing position ,Arash.I also love the catchlight and the detail in the wings. Great !

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Superb image Arash! The light is indeed sweet!

[PhilCook]

Title is very well suited, it does look in the spot light = lovely exposure Arash thta has also brought out the colors well...the darker and contrasty tonings add nice mood I think

[Marina Scarr]

The BG, amazing light and wing position really make this one special, Arash.

[Melissa Groo]

Super spotlight effect, that makes it really pop out, looks like 3D. Gorgeous color of the sky, and colors and details on the kestrel. Just a splendid image.

[Lyle Gruby]

Totally spectacular. The light is fantastic, BG is beautiful. Not to mention the speeding bullet with a perfect wing position.

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone

[Girish Prahalad]

brilliant image all around! nothing much to say other than what has already been said.

[shane shacaluga]

Great shot Arash! You stopped the motion completely and the detail is amazing!

Thanks for sharing

[Loi Nguyen]

Arash, beautiful image in sweet light. I'd like to add that this is a very fast bird. It's amazing that you could catch this precise in flight routinely!!! Loi

[Frank Schauf]

Great light and super capture.

[Grace Scalzo]

That's my most favorite light to photograph in. The photograph that you created is stunning. It takes so much for good light, good subecjt, good technique to all come together and you've got it all going on in this image. Beautiful.

[Robert Holguin]

Beautiful shot.
The light is just gorgeous, excellent wing position, and excellent details.
Very well done.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very beautiful bird and light.

[arash_hazeghi]

thank you all

[Satish Ranadive]

"Master piece".
Love the flight pose with full wings down,wonderful colors,Absolutely IQ ,great lights and composition.

Regards,
Satish.