Kestrel (Male)

[John Robinson]

Male kestrel ( I'll save the rest of the owls for later !!) - came as a surprise onto a feeding post set up for buzzard on a friends farm. Came for mincemeat pushed into the crevices on the post. Didn't last long- the magpies soon took over but managed a couple of days worth of stuff.
Crop off a landscape as I wanted to keep the post in - WDYT ?. Possibly get a landscape crop. Head a bit too far left on this one I feel ??
Battered old D100
permanent hide.
Sigma 50-500 mm (on about 350mm)
250th @ f9
800 ISO
A priority. EV down 1
centre meter /average.
Comments welcome- thanks fo those on my Owl pic- appreciated.
Cheers
John

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Very nice, John. I envy you for the birds you have access to!
Sweet bg and a gorgeous specimen.
I'd crop from the bottom and go landscape on this one. Would add a sliver to the right (the tail is a bit tight).
Cropping from the bottom would hide the "hand of man" in this one and landscape comp would work with the pose I feel.

[Marina Scarr]

Super image, John. I think I'm with Sid on going for a horizontal. Maybe a little more sharpening of his head.

[Karl Egressy]

Excellent shot, John. Love the pose and details.

[David Salem]

Great looking shot John. Love the colors of this Kestrel as ours don't have the grey tail. I'm with Sid and Marina about the landscape comp as he is leaning forward and it will lessen the perch, which looks pretty nice with the green algae on it. Well done.

[John Robinson]

Thanks for your advice folks. here,s a try
Cheers
John (Johnny)

[Iain Barker]

Fantastic shot of this lovely bird.
I think this would work as ether a vertical or horizontal. Did you have more room at the top? I think it could do with a little more space there in the vertical format.
I really enjoy seeing you images John and always wonder what species you will find next.

TFS
Iain

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
Iain-appreciated. I,ve done a few over the past 50 odd years I suppose. but things are slowing upa bit. Problem is- alot of the birds common when I started are slowly getting really rare.

John

[Greg Oakley]

Another great image John - you really have been pumping out some excellent stuff recently. Re-post is a winner

[Enrique Patino]

Great image John. Try lighten it up a bit and see if you like it better.

[Loi Nguyen]

John, the RP does it for me. TFS. Loi

[christopher galeski]

nice one Johnny,repost is the one ,excuse the pun,like the pose and BG,well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

repost is a BIG improvement and hits all the marks, great HA and details

well done