Lady Kestrel

[Glenn Conlan]

This was shot in late December of last year. Dave Salem and I spent many weeks with this feather perfect female Kestrel, she provided us with some of the best flight and portrait opportunities. This was from one of the last days that she returned to the same location like clockwork, hope to see her next year. Thanks for your helpful comments.

D4 600mm w 1.4tc
F5.6
ISO 640
1/3200 sec
Shot from beanbag in car window

[dankearl]

Nice Glenn, nice look back pose, nice perch, nice light.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Sweet light, bg and look back pose, Glenn. You could have afforded some more DOF, but looks like you were setup for flight? Either way, it's a great image that I'd be thrilled to have.

[Raybel Robles]

Beautiful image! Nice pose, perch and great clean BG!

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Beautful, Glenn! Nice eye contact, colors and focus on the upper body - not to mention the perch! In hindsight f/7.1 or so would probably have brought the tail in focus as well but it works for me as-is! I haven't seen such a nice, soft BG in a while! Well done!

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Glenn.


great topside view of this lady! f/7.1 will def not bring the tail into focus at this distance and FL. You got the head and backside sharp and that's where it counts.

The only thing I might do is to reduce the slight green cast

best

Arash

[christopher galeski]

nice image,like the BG and pose,sharp with nice detail.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I like the shot very much indeed my only criticism is the colour cast.

[Bill Dix]

You've definitely gotten your money's worth out of the beautiful lass. Great pose, perch and bg. I also noted the DOF issue but as Arash points out, a stop or two wouldn't have helped if you were close. And it's the sharp head that matters most.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

She sure is a beauty, Glenn. Very well done. Like the perch and BG. I'm okay with the tail feathers.


Geoffrey

[Daniel Cadieux]

Gorgeous image of the kestrel Glenn!! I only wish the sun had been a bit more to your right (5 o'clock rather than 7). Why? To light the top part of the perch and talon...I realize that was not possible at that time, just an out loud wish...

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, BG and composition. Excellent image Glenn.

[Bryan Munn]

Beautiful shot....perfect, basically.

I have enjoyed many of the shots of this bird that have appeared here. I wonder if it used to be a falconry bird that was released back into the wild. As we all know most kestrels are wary to say the least.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Great backside image with a nice head turn to help take it up a notch. I'm not sure you could have gotten the entire bird in the dof, but it couldn't have hurt to stop down a bit (maybe f/11, f/16). Not sure you would have been ready for any in flight shots though.

[David Salem]

Nice shot of our little beauty Glenn. Nice pose and HA and That BG looks great. The DOF is a bit limited but we have to be ready for her to bolt. See ya soon.

[keith mitchell]

Glenn it's been very well covered above, it really is a superb image.

Keith.

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image. Beautiful colors, very nice look back pose and composition.Love the way she pops up againg lovely BG.


Regards,

Satish.