American Kestrel.

[Karl Egressy]

Perching in the late afternoon sun.
Thanks for looking.
Canon 5DMCanon
500 f4.0 L IS II +1.4x III.
ISO 400
f 11
1/1250 s
HH

[John Robinson]

Your best yet !! By a mile. Loveit- the sky - the positioning - the IQ etc,etc. Great stuff mate !
JohnR
PS- If you'd been using a Nikon it would be even perfecter !!!

[Robert Kimbrell]

I like the late sun. You have even lighting throughout. Nice look and a a beautiful bird, good Capture.

[Raymond Lee]

Beautiful capture Karl! Fantastic feather details! Although the bird looks a bit elevated, I didn't mind it as the head angle compensates for it.

[Ian Wilson]

Impeccable, thanks for showing.
Regards, Ian

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Very handsome guy Karl!
You got some nice ligh, pose and sharpness. I wish the branch was not so prominent though.

[Binu John]

Amazing shot! Love the feather details and the color contrast!

[Loi Nguyen]

Hi Karl, great details and sharpness. I'm surprised at your choice of F11. Looks like you had pretty strong light for late afternoon, but you handled the exposure well. I'm not crazy about the crop though. i wonder if you have tried an alternate vertical crop. Loi

[Andy Shepherd]

I really like this one, Karl...as has already been said, lighting, detail and framing are all spot on, can't fault it.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful image,nice pose and perch,sharp with nice detail.

[Karl Egressy]

Hi Karl, great details and sharpness. I'm surprised at your choice of F11. Looks like you had pretty strong light for late afternoon, but you handled the exposure well. I'm not crazy about the crop though. i wonder if you have tried an alternate vertical crop. Loi

Thanks, Loi.
I was very close with 700 mm and he moved his tail sometimes and I tried to create enough DOF for that. Vertical might be too tight.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice and simple image design, I like it alot. Nice to see a couple of claws peeking.

[William Dickson]

Lovely. Very well done

[Diane Miller]

Fantastic! It's 3D! This one could be cropped with several variations, all good!

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Karl, this is awesome. I like it a lot.

[David Salem]

Killer Karl!! It's all about the light. Nice looking male Kestrel also.

[Robert vanMierop]

The light touches the bird nicely. Great exp., and I like the perch.