Theme: American Kestrel.

[Karl Egressy]

This individual was fed with mice by a guy we know from town and we asked if we can join for the shooting.
Thanks for looking and commenting.

Canon 5D M III.
Canon 500 f4.0 L IS M II.
ISO 500
f10
1/2500 s
HH

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful capture Karl,love the landing pose color and light.nice one.

[keith mitchell]

Beautiful little falcon and a cracking shot of it karl,looks like it was bright but must say you have handled it very well.

Keith.

[William Dickson]

Love the colours against that snowy BG and the determined look on its face. Well captured Karl.

Will

[Randy Stout]

Karl:

The fill off the snow gave you very nice illumination on the bird despite the very bright light. Very nice landing pose, angle in frame, DOF.

I might try a version with a sliver off the right and top, but just personal taste.

Well captured.

Cheers

Randy

[Joseph Przybyla]

Looks good to me, Karl. Wish it were mine, thank you for sharing.

[gail bisson]

Ooooh, this is nice Karl. Would love to have this in my files ( which are sadly lacking in kestrel images).
Love the low POV and the wings up pose.
Exposure and snow look great,
gail

[Mike Poole]

Superbly executed shot Karl, great pose and the wings are lovely. Is this much of a crop? I only ask as I could see an 'arty' version with a more panoramic crop and all the shadow in if you have it.

Mike

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Karl! I like the wing position, exposure, setting, IQ and composition.

[Diane Miller]

Gorgeous! I also wondered about a version with ll the shadow present, but there is certainly nothing wrong with this one!

[dankearl]

Nice pose in the snow. I might get even tighter if you can...