Cassin's Kingbird

[David Salem]

Went out to my local spot for the first time in months to see what was going on. More raptors for this time of the year than I have seen in a while so it looks to be a good start to the season
My buddy Glenn and I saw this cooperative Cassin's Kingbird hunting insects so we set ourselves up for a flight shot. We were fortunate to have him fly thru the same focal plane as we were on, and we both got some nice sharp flight frames. That's usually not the case!!

1DX---840mm---f6.3---ss1/4000th---ISO640---HH from truck@8:20am---35% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

David

[Bill Nuttall]

very attractive image, beautiful bird

[John Whaley]

Super BIF image with tack focus, fine feather detail, a clear eye. and BG works.

[Terence P. Brashear]

This is a Cassin's Kingbird, not a Western Kingbird. Nice shot of it in flight.

[David Salem]

Thanks guys. I'm glad you like it.

Terence, I think you're right. I always call these guys Westerns in my area and forget that we have both. I don't see the outer white tail feather of the westerns and the white chin stripe is another distingning feature of the Cassin's.

Thanks for the clarification.

[Tim Foltz]

Dave nice lift off shot with sweet wing angle, BG, sharpness and HA.

-Tim

[Satish Ranadive]

Fascistic Flight shot, David.

Regards,
Satish.

[arash_hazeghi]

this is super man! not an easy frame to pull off. love the BG and the head turn. well done

[keith mitchell]

Beautiful shot David the head turn is perfect,birds colour merges very well with the bg .

Keith.

[gail bisson]

The HA is "killer"! Love the clear eye with lovely catchlight.
Great IQ and BG.
No nits from me on this great shot!
Gail

[David Salem]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment. I'm glad you like the frame.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Super duper, and as Gail points out, even the HA is perfect. From the feet position I guess it had just jumped from a post or other perch?

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Awesome shot. Great details on the bird and nice head angle.

Thank you for sharing the same.

[David Salem]

Daniel, Yes he had just left a perch. I was going to mention that I cloned a bit of the perch but forgot to put it that on my info.
Thanks

Thanks for the comment Krishna

[Brian Desjardins]

Hi David, what a gorgeous shot, great details and colors, and sharp to boot. Great job !

[William Dickson]

What else can we say. This is so beautifully detailed for a small bird in flight. The facial expression is to fall in love with. Love it

Rockstar

Will

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dave, tack sharp,m and love the overall detail on this fellow. What really puts this over the top is the light cast on that perfect HA. Gotta love the colour of the BG too.

[Brian Desjardins]

Hi David, This is just one amazing shot, super sharp, great colors and details, just awesome! Thanks for sharing.


Brian

[Doug Brown]

Pretty darn sharp Dave! Like this one a lot!