Another King Bird with food

[Amol Khedgikar]

Hi,

This is from the same series of the flock that has nested at the spot I recently found.

7D+ 500mm @ f4 handheld., ISO 400, 1/8000. Sharpening some NR on the Sky and a little crop. Did not want it to be too tight in the frame so left the bird smaller in the frame.

What do you all think?

[Markus Jais]

Great shot. Must be really hard to catch in flight. I like the placement of the bird in the frame and the wing spread. The prey is a nice bonus.

Markus

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Amol,

Another nice capture of this species. Glad you didn't make it a tight crop, as I think this works well.

Looks like you had a bit of harsh light, but it was handled well. Love the yellow underside.

Miguel

[Amol Khedgikar]

THanks MArcus,

Yes Miguel, I waited for them to get active when the light was good. BUt they bacame active when the light got harsh... but thankfully it was still kind of on my side...

[PhilCook]

Light was bit harsh, but well handled considering, blue sky is very nice, overall a sharply focused image....love those wings/tail spread and light through them. Thinking it may work compositionally a little better to get away from the almost square crop though

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like the wing spread and the detail you managed to get. The prey is also a bonus. I personally wouldn't mind tighter crop aa an alternate

[Amol Khedgikar]

Thanks Everyone.

Thinking it may work compositionally a little better to get away from the almost square crop though

Phil,

Now that you have pointed it out, it does look a bit squarish. I had cropped closer to the 8x10 ratio (Roughly) which sometimes looks more like a square.

I will repost with an alternate crop as suggested by Cheryl also.

[Loi Nguyen]

the light was a bit harsh, but you handled it well here. Very nice wing spread and good details of the underwing. Prey is an added bonus. Loi

[Satish Ranadive]

Superb flight pose with nice wing stretch and nice details.
Love it.

Regards,
Satish.