Whistling kite

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Whistling kite photographed while hunting along the Murray river in South Australia. Canon EOS 7D Mark II, EF600mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III, 1/1000, ISO 200, f6.3, EC +2/3, handheld.
PP- ACR, crop, resize, levels, sharpen with CS6. Comments and critique welcome.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gerhard, lovely banking angle with a good head turn, and I do like show of the primaries. Well exposed on the underwings, and nice and sharp too. Comp wise, I feel moving the kite towards the URC would work better.

[gail bisson]

Ditto exactly what Stu said!
I wish he had a catchlight in the eye but understand how difficult it is to get the field conditions "just perfect"!
Gail

[arash_hazeghi]

Hi Gerhard,

this is a difficult shot to pull with the bird flying overhead in harsh light, just not ideal for flight photography but you did well here. I agree with adding a catch light.

TFS

[Gerhard Weldhagen]

Thanks everyone! Much appreciated.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

For me the crop is unbalanced. It needs space in front of it, rather than behind it.
Looks OK to me. Not often can we get raptors at eye level.