Female Kestrel

[arash_hazeghi]

Got this frame with Dave Salem last year! We approached the kestrel in Dave's truck. Hope to get more this year too!

1DX 600II + 1.4XIII f/5.6 1/3200sec ISO 500. hand held from truck

hope you like it

[Steve Kaluski]

Exquisit Arash, any reason BTW for the high SS?

TFS
Steve

[keith mitchell]

"Like it" I think it's superb Arash.
Keith.

[Alan Murphy]

Love the tones, pose and detail. A killer image in my book.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Note sure it gets any better than this Arash. If you do get more with David this year, make sure to post!

[Binu John]

Stunning shot, Arash! Superb pose, perch, details, exposure and composition. TFS

[Karl Egressy]

Doesn't get any better than that, Arash. Killer image is the right phrase to describe it.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely everything, thank you for sharing.

[John Cooper]

Simply superb Arash!!

[dankearl]

Perfect as usual, great IQ, nice perch and the catchlight is really nice,,,

[Richard Flack]

Super image Arash, I was about to say "that looks very similar to Dave's kestrel". Beautiful light and lovely soft BG! TFS

[MiroslavMaric]

BG, light, perch, eye contact and bird pose are beautiful. Top!

Cheers,
Miro

[Bill Dix]

Another beauty. All is said above. This has a wonderful simplicity and calm to it; great pose, perfect comp and techs. Looking forward to this year's crop.

[David Salem]

Man dose she look good in this frame. She is such a good looking female. The IQ looks great and the comp is perfect. Well done. BTW she's back as of a couple days ago along with another female!!
Get ready!

[shane shacaluga]

IQ is fantastic as usual and the grey BG really sets the bird off nicely

TFS!!

[Julie Brown]

Hi Arash. Gorgeous image in every way, with very sweet light. With superteles (500-600), do you have a minimum shutter speed that you typically use for perched birds when handholding? All of your images are so sharp. For another example, the perched burrowing owl that you posted in the gear forum regarding a cropping discussion had a high shutter speed too.

[mohammad reza shahab]

Hi arash,
great pose,details,BG and nice composition.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

I like to keep my SS high (1/3200sec or faster) because the raptors can take off at any time. it does helps with sharpness.

[Doug Brown]

Very nice Arash! I've never seen a more cooperative Kestrel, or a more beautiful one!