black-shouldered kite at Werribee Treatment Plant

[Mervyn Marsh]

BSK - There are plenty of these around at the mo at WTP.

species
Common Name: black-shouldered kite
Scientific Name: Elanus axillaris
Date: 5/05/2015

Location: WTP

Camera Details
Brand/Model: Canon EOS 1dx
Lens: Canon 500mm mk ii shot and 2x iii extender
Camera Settings
ISO: 1600
F-Stop: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/400s

Exposure Bias/Metering/Flash: +1 step

Technique: handheld with fill flash

Attraction Aides: NONE

Post Production: full frame image with slight sharpening on resized file.

Notes taken from beanbag on my sunroof..

cheers

[keith mitchell]

Really like the way you have captured the relaxed pose of this bird, two white spots in the BG draw my eye a little bit, that apart it's a very nice piece of work imo.

Keith.

[John Robinson]

Excellent looking bird Mervyn. Perch a little dominant but maybe a vertical crop may help . Nice pic whatever.
John

[Daniel Cadieux]

Looks like a big a round fella compared to other kites! Quite a thick neck. Great eye. Details look good. Not my favorite perch, and too bad about the two large bright areas in the BG. Good call using flash - the lighting looks really good.

[Robert Kimbrell]

A beautiful bird Mervyn, I sure would like to find one. Good job with the flash, the whites look good. The perch does look large for the bird, I would like to see more of this bird.