Black-winged kite

[sasan nejadi]

Canon EOS-R5
EF600mm f/4L IS II USM + 2Xiii
f/8.0
1/3200 seconds
1200 mm
ISO 800
Manual exposure
Manual
Pattern Metering mode



Hope you like it

[Brian Sump]

Looking real nice Sesan.

Great flight angle and man, that red eye....

Love the vole/dinner in the talons and I also like that you anchored the frame with the brush in the LRC.

Good detail, minimal shadows; it all works well. Thanks for sharing!

[Jonathan Ashton]

This is a belter super colours great composition and for me I can see the detail in the plumage, so many previous flight shots have been super colours and composition and poses etc but I just didn't get to see the detail in the plumage. Ok maybe it's just me but just saying.

[dankearl]

IQ is terrific and a great eye..mouse is great .. sharp and detailed. Everything looks very nice, if far wing were up a bit it would be a 10!

[arash_hazeghi]

looks very nice, love the light and the BG. I wanted to say they are similar to the north American white-tailed kite but the plumage looks different, there is certainly more "definition" and color variation in the shoulder area. and especially the eye color is quite a bit brighter and more red here, is it natural ?

did I mention the vole makes it even better?

TFS

[Paul Burdett]

Brilliant capture...love everything! TFS

[Colin Driscoll]

Really nice shot, great pose and the bit of nest gives context. Prey takes it up further.

[sasan nejadi]

Looking real nice Sesan.

Great flight angle and man, that red eye....

Love the vole/dinner in the talons and I also like that you anchored the frame with the brush in the LRC.

Good detail, minimal shadows; it all works well. Thanks for sharing!

thanks for your comment

[sasan nejadi]

This is a belter super colours great composition and for me I can see the detail in the plumage, so many previous flight shots have been super colours and composition and poses etc but I just didn't get to see the detail in the plumage. Ok maybe it's just me but just saying.

thanks jonathan, I think this amount of detail is good for combining the 2X converter and this lens

[sasan nejadi]

IQ is terrific and a great eye..mouse is great .. sharp and detailed. Everything looks very nice, if far wing were up a bit it would be a 10!

thank you

[sasan nejadi]

looks very nice, love the light and the BG. I wanted to say they are similar to the north American white-tailed kite but the plumage looks different, there is certainly more "definition" and color variation in the shoulder area. and especially the eye color is quite a bit brighter and more red here, is it natural ?

did I mention the vole makes it even better?

TFS

thnaks for your comment Arash , I saw other photos again and I think the eye color is the same, brighter in adults and yungest in immature , In this photo you can find the difference with north American white-tailed kite

[sasan nejadi]

Brilliant capture...love everything! TFS

thanks paul

[sasan nejadi]

Really nice shot, great pose and the bit of nest gives context. Prey takes it up further.

thanks colin

[arash_hazeghi]

thnaks for your comment Arash , I saw other photos again and I think the eye color is the same, brighter in adults and yungest in immature , In this photo you can find the difference with north American white-tailed kite

thanks Sassan, the eye indeed looks brighter and more red. your bird actually looks more like the juvenile white-tailed kites here. They have rust-color spots on the chest and more grey/brown on the topside. below are examples. The adults pretty much look like a white pillow with a pair of ruby like eyes

adult WTK



juvenile white-tailed kite