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    Default Looking back

    Went back to search for this Guy, Male kestrel
    this time around we were clicking it from a distance from a car when it decide to fly to a mound ahead of me and sit there preening today morning
    enjoyed seeing it all the time, just was too close for my comfort as i struggled with the DOF

    5D MIII + Canon 400 f2.8 + 2X tc
    1/1500 , F10, ISO 1000
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    I know its a bit too close however i wanted to see how close i could get
    Let me know your thoughts, helps me learn

    best regards
    vishal

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    Yes it may be close but the comp feels balanced to me. Neat preening pose with all those ruffled feathers. F/10 seems to have done the trick.

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    Very nice, love the detail


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    Love the preening pose! Nice closeup!

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    Very nice, really love the colours on this image., and the eye looks awsome. Well done

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    Very nice closeup, either you have great fieldcraft or a really tame bird?
    F10 worked well…..
    Dan Kearl

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    A nice close up, I think you made it work well, getting in this close.
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    Very nice preening pose. Would have been even better in lower light. You might try toning down the brights just a tad.
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    Agree very close showing superb detail and colour, seen a lot of Kestrels this looks spot on to me, would not change a thing, wonderful image.

    Keith.

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    Gorgeous image, agree with the above comments. While the composition works as is, maybe a minor crop off the bottom, just above the black spot on the 1st row of orange feathers-this way the eye isn't drawn out of the frame by the curve of that last row. Really well done here.

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