Spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday photographing Red Kites local to me. I live in an area where there are lots of these and yesterday they were enjoying the windy conditions we currently have here in the UK.
5D MKiii, 700mm, f7.1 ISO800
Spent a wonderful afternoon yesterday photographing Red Kites local to me. I live in an area where there are lots of these and yesterday they were enjoying the windy conditions we currently have here in the UK.
5D MKiii, 700mm, f7.1 ISO800
beautiful capture, Simon. I would only suggest that you open up the underwings 1/3 stop or so, especially the top one.
Lovely shot with great colour and details. A pleasure to look at.
Thanks for sharing.
Simon that is a cracker - love it and you have the variety that doesn't have wing tags all over the place! My only suggestion is to Dodge the underside of the left wing just a little bit. The head/eye are excellent, a very pleasing image.
Thanks all for the comments. I spotted the lack of wing tags as well Jonathan which was nice. Agree with the lifting of the left underwing. I had altered it post production but not enough. I'll take a look at that. Thanks again.
Hello,
a great catch i think. just in the right moment !
Greetings Eric
I like the sharpness, details, HA and composition. Well done Simon.
I echo all the previous comments, nice image Simon. Thank you for sharing.
Joe Przybyla
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Great image! The under wing shadow already mention. Again a superb image you got! TFS
Beautiful, Excellent detail and color. very nice head angle.
Robert Kimbrell
Very nice image of the red kite. Well done Simon and thanks for sharing
you got nice underwing details thanks to soft light, thanks for sharing with us
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Great image Simon. I love these birds. The exposure looks good and the bird i nice and sharp. I agree with lightening the under wings.
I would be interested to know your shutter speed as mine was too low last time I photographed Kites.
TFS
Iain
Hi Iain, thanks for the comments. Sorry, missed the shutter speed off. It was up at 1/4000 sec, hence the slightly higher shutter speed to ensure the shutter speed and f7.1 for the DOF.
thanks again.