Kite landing with prey

[Paul Burdett]

Hi all,
Here's a recent capture of a Black-shouldered Kite landing with a rat. 7D Mkii, 100-400 lens at 400mm, manual exposure, 1/3200th sec. f5.6, iso 640. PP in acr and then Photoshop...crop, nr mainly on background, NIK colour efex pro50/50. Thanks for looking...feedback welcome as always trying to improve.

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

Nicely captured. I think light is a little harsh. You can try to reduce the highlights.

Head is also slightly turned away.

Thanks for sharing

[Paul Burdett]

Hi Krishna. Thank you for the feedback. I did take down the highlights from the original raw file, although perhaps I could have done more on the bird's chest/wing underside.

[John Mack]

I like the prey. I agree about the birds head being turned away. But this is what he gave you.

[kevin Hice]

Nice Photo Paul,prey does add to the image. Too bad it wasn't in the right leg same as head angle. It is what we get and do the best with.

[Paul Burdett]

Thank you John/Kevin. This Kite is always on the same tree, so I'll keep going back for more!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

You probably did all you could given the circumstances.
HA is what lets this down most other than light.
Prey is a bonus.
Keep at it, as you said, if it goes back to the same tree, it's a matter of time only!
TFS