Common Kestrel - Male

[Girish Prahalad]

Made with a handheld Canon 450D + Sigma 150-500.
F6.3 | ISO 400 | SS 1/1250 @ 500mm. Manual | Eval
Levels | Crop | USM | NR on BG.

Comments and critiques most welcome.

[Martin Dunn]

Lovely shot Girish.
Great colours, neat pose and perch.
I like the over the shoulder look from the kestrel and also - for me - the amount of empty space on the right is also good. perhaps a bit cropped from the top though.

[gail bisson]

The light is lovely. terrific over the shoulder look.Nice complimentary BG.
If this is not a big crop I would take about 15% off the top and from the RHS to crop out the clump of dried grasses.
Gail

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Girish, just love the light in this, and what a great inquisitive head turn too. The distant BG is really smooth, and also compliments the kestrel. Although I like the space too, I feel, cropping in as suggested by Gail will actually improve the overall image.

[Karl Egressy]

It is beautiful as is but I wonder if it would look better after cloning out the dark spot on the right top corner.

[Richard Flack]

I really like this shot. Beautiful bird and background. I agree with the comments. And would also consider (if possible) providing a bit more space at the bottom. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Markus Jais]

Beautiful shot with great background and perch. Love the eye contact.

Markus

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent pose, details, light and sharpness. I think a vert. would work better here

[David Salem]

Beautiful shot. The detail, color, clarity and exposure look spot on. I would go for a vert also especially since the bird is looking over its sholder. Very nice

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful image gorgeous light, i could see the bird having just a little more contrast/pop.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very lovely raptor, superb light and pose. The colour on dirt is so nice and goes well with the bird.

[mohammad reza shahab]

hi Girish,
Great light, pose,details and nice BG.