Red Kite

[William Dickson]

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm
f/6.3
1/2000
ISO 1000

I had a trip to a Red Kite feeding station on Saturday, on the west coast of Scotland. Basically it is a bird table for wild Red Kites, where raw meat is placed on the table to attract the birds. I liked the flight pose this one gave me.

Will

[Jay Ing]

Yes, great pose and action taking place. Happy shooting!

Canon 1DX
f/4 500mm
f/6.3
1/2000
ISO 1000

I had a trip to a Red Kite feeding station on Saturday, on the west coast of Scotland. Basically it is a bird table for wild Red Kites, where raw meat is placed on the table to attract the birds. I liked the flight pose this one gave me.

Will

[Adhika Lie]

Love the action here, Will. Very nice side lighting, too!

[Geoffrey Montagu]

What a unique flight capture, William. Great wing positions and fanned tail. Well done.

Geoffrey




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[Isaac Grant]

Such an interesting pose. Great details on the bird. I like the crop very much. I do think the band in the background below the birds head is a bit distracting. There are lots of small, distracting looking grasses. I think I would try and de-emphasize that area. Perhaps would darken the background or lower the contrast of the whole background so it does not take away from such a cool bird. In the past I have also selected the background, opened Viveza and lowered the structure and contrast just a little. Lots of ways to do that of course, just stating a few. Many would not care about what I am saying at all as the rest of the pic is so cool.

[annmpacheco]

Wow Will, extraordinary pose and IQ is tops, Id agree, if you wanted to smooth out the FG, that would make this even better!!!

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. I'll do some work to the BG.

Will

[John Whaley]

Wonderful shot Will. I love the action pose, feather detail and placement in the frame.

[William Dickson]

Here is a version with a different BG, I lowered the contrast.

Will

[William Dickson]

Thanks for that John.

[Isaac Grant]

Looks better to me. Bird really stands out well with less emphasis on the background. Very nice shot.

[John Mack]

Nice action shot with a good pose.

[William Dickson]

Thanks again for the comments, much appreciated and learned from.

Will

[David Salem]

Yes I do like the repost better too. The colors and details look great but I do wish for some eye contact. Well captured William

[keith mitchell]

Will it ticks all the boxes for me,bird ,bg,the whole thing looks excellent to me.

Keith.