Black shoulder Kite

[Geurt Bloem]

Sweet light time with a black shoulder Kite, after it had its breakfast.

Stats
1D M2N with 600 mm non IS and 1.4TC
Av 5.6
Tv 1/1600
ISO 400

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find, details and BG. The kite is a bit small in the frame for my taste. Maybe a vertical crop like this?

[Tony Whitehead]

This is a good capture of the kite and the remains of his meal. I find the 2 tone background with the dark line of separation a distraction - slightly up or down may have achieved a single tone. The 3 pieces of wood also are too prominent to my eye. I see your reason for including them but feel an image of the bird on the perch with his meal would have been stronger. Alternatively a vertical crop of the bird on his perch excluding the other two. These things are often beyond our control but worth aiming for.

repost looks good - background no longer an issue

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I like the repost image,great red eyes!!!

[Tim McIntyre]

Very cool especially Axels crop.
Tim

[Michael Sowden]

Personally I think the original is the stronger image. The blood around the beak has context to it due to the remains of the meal being partially visible.

[Del Cockroft]

The re-post works better for me. What a beautiful bird and great BG.