Kestrel

[William Dickson]

Canon 5D Mkiii
Canon F/2.8 300mm with 1x4TCiii
f/8
1/2500
ISO 800

I was eager to try out the focusing system on my new 5D, I returned to the castle, where I had been photographing a pair of kestrels, where I knew I had a good chance of capturing a kestrel in flight. I captured the attached image, and was very impressed by the tracking system on the 5D, compared to my 7D. Considering the bird was travelling at a fair speed and was close to the similar coloured background, I was able to track the bird well, even though i was on f/8, and had my 1x4 attached

Thanks for having a look and any advice as always, is greatly appreciated.

[Ian Wilson]

Looks like a good effort to me William. Nice eye contact and even though the under side is in shade, you have still captured some nice feather detail. I also like the sympathetic background in harmony with the colour tones of the bird.
Regards, Ian

[keith mitchell]

William you must be very pleased with this I know I would be, the bird stands out very well against that Bg ,that can't have helped you very well done.

Keith.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Well caught William nicely detailed and exposed.
(Your focusing lens aperture with 1.4TC will be f2.8 minus 1 stop = f4, your actual exposure aperture occurs when the lens is stopped down and shutter fires)

[christopher galeski]

nice image with some nice detail,good exposure.

[Troy Lim]

Nice flight shot, not easy to catch such a fast bird. The bg, however, doesn't seem very realistic? What is it? Did you do anything to the bg?

[John Robinson]

Very well caught flight shot for a bird such as a kestrel
Excellent work. The darker lines in the back drag the eye a bit but no big deal.
Cheers
John

[William Dickson]

Nice flight shot, not easy to catch such a fast bird. The bg, however, doesn't seem very realistic? What is it? Did you do anything to the bg?

Never touched the BG, Its a castle wall. Maybe that effect on the BG occured due to me following the bird with the camera ?