Red kite

[Jonathan Ashton]

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D X
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/3200
Av(Aperture Value) 5.6
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 800
Auto ISO Speed OFF
Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
Focal Length 400.0mm
All C&C welcome.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image, Jon. I guess my only wish if mine would have been for a background without the patches of sky, but the bird chooses where it is. Nice work, thank you for sharing.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I would have preferred the subject less centered, but I love the IQ and the pretty neat pose.

[Lorant Voros]

This is awesome, Jon. Love the IQ of this image, nice DOF and interesting BG. I'd prefer the bird to the left a bit to not to have it in the center too much. Well done.

[Bill Dix]

Great flight shot. Perfectly exposed, with good detail. I also felt the bird might be better a bit to the left. But wish I had captured this one.

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Jon, nice to have the subject on the green, juxtapose to the sky. Colours look quite rich and I like the outstretched wings.

Is it the DOF, or have you run any Blur to the BKG, as the subject really stands out if you know what I mean, perhaps its having such a clear line between sharp & OOF.

Looks like Gigrin is coming up trumps, hope you don't runout of chick bits.

TFS
Steve

[christopher galeski]

very very nice Jonathan,IQ is top notch,love the pose and BG,well done.

[keith mitchell]

Jon agree with the above the detail and sharpness are excellent,all fits the bill for me.

Keith.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Thanks very much for your comments everyone.

[Loi Nguyen]

Lovely shot, tack sharp, nice BG. The far wing position is less ideal, but the near wing is great. My impression is similar to Steve's. The subject seems to be pasted on. Did you run NR on the BG and put the bird on a different layer? Loi

[Jonathan Ashton]

Loi I can't remember what I did precisely but I probably used detail extractor and if I didn't feather the selection perhaps that would account for the appearance.

[Robert Kattanek]

What's especially striking to me is how the bird is separated from the soft background, I quite love that.
Add to that the perfect detail of the bird itself and a lovely flight shot and I can only say thank you very much for sharing!

Kind regards,

Robert