Kite with dinner (graphic)

[arash_hazeghi]

I watched as this white-tailed kite devoured the vole it had caught. You can see the almost intact head going down in one bite. The image was made with almost no light left.


D850 600E FL + TC14E-III ISO 2500 f/5.6 1/3200sec hand held processed with C1P

[Randy Stout]

Arash:

Perfect timing on the gulp! Soft light(what there was of it!), great eye, pleasing perch. Nice comp.

Cheers

Randy

[gail bisson]

Pretty graphic but what great light, action and perch.
What is the round thing on the tree below the kite? At first I thought it was an expelled pellet falling to the ground but that can't be.
Gail

[dankearl]

Not that graphic... love the light and pose you have here.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Good shot Arash, nature is red in tooth and claw, what happened to the voles' nose - first bite I guess!
Great job on the white plumage - impressive image well done!

[Bill Dix]

Lovely light, exposure, pose and action.

[Mike Poole]

Fantastic image, great timing with the unfortunate vole. How I wish for our last light to enable those settings!

Mike

[arash_hazeghi]

Pretty graphic but what great light, action and perch.
What is the round thing on the tree below the kite? At first I thought it was an expelled pellet falling to the ground but that can't be.
Gail

Thanks Gail the round thing is a pine fruit.

[kevin Hice]

Great capture Arash,love the low light and great composition. Nice to see perched on the evergreen something different than the regular snag. The round looking fruit is actually Cedar apple rust or a gall type of fungus.

[arash_hazeghi]

Great capture Arash,love the low light and great composition. Nice to see perched on the evergreen something different than the regular snag. The round looking fruit is actually Cedar apple rust or a gall type of fungus.

Thanks Kevin, makes sense upon closer look this was a juniper tree so must be some kind of fungus (the balls are very hard and dry) but it is very common in this area...

[John Mack]

Looks great all around. Nice light and pose and of course the prey.

[William Dickson]

Beautiful light....I love the colours throughout the image. That facial expression is priceless.

Will

[Alex Becker]

Sweet action captured. Love the light and perch and of course the prey. Tough out there to be a vole or field mouse. TFS

[David Salem]

Looks great Arash!! Love that light on the white Kite. Details look perfect too.
Well done