Dving kestrel

[Ihtisham Kabir]

Taken some weeks ago at Purbachol Bangladesh. 1/2000 s, f5.6, ISO 1600. ID Mark IV, 500mm f4 II, handheld.
As the weeks go by and it gets warmer, I see its colours become duller and more scruffy.

[Bill Dix]

That is one amazing flight shot. It's hard enough to catch these guys in flight, but in a dive is remarkable. There is some noise on the bird, which you might be able to ameliorate with Topaz or Efex Pro if you'r so inclined. It's an image worth taking the trouble, IMO.

[Arthur Morris]

Great pose an I like the framing. EXP good. Image quality is lacking with no fine feather detail. How large a crop? a

[arash_hazeghi]

love the dynamic pose but agree with lacking IQ. It is too soft and lacking to be a keeper unfortunately...it looks like soft focus to me

TFS

[Marina Scarr]

Killer flight pose but agree I am not seeing any fine feather details on the bird. Wondering if its a big crop or a little soft on the focus.

[adrian dancy]

Sadly the image is beyond recovery but what a pose!

[Ihtisham Kabir]

Thanks everyone for your kind words and critiques. Artie, it was a 1850x1850 crop from a 4896x3264 images (so about 21% of the total pixels of the original.) The image for me is definitely a keeper as it will come in useful for many things (not necessarily exhibition or competition stuff, I agree). Oh well, keep practicing I guess....

Ihtisham

[Arthur Morris]

Cropping out 4/5 of the pixels is a pretty big crop but it is likely that the image was not razor sharp to start with. Keep practicing and post more! a

[Ihtisham Kabir]

Ok, thanks for the encouragement Artie!