Captured handheld, PP'ed with PS CS3, cropped about 40%, removed a few branched from the lower areas, added canvas on the bottom and right, smoothed out posterization in clouds with selective gaussian blur, selective sharpening with Nik Sharpener Pro.
Camera Model: NIKON D200
Shutter speed: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: 80 to 400mm
Focal length: 330mm
Great action picture, we can feel the intensity. The wing shadow is a little distracting to me. You could burn the upper part of the orange legs by about 1/3 EV. A slightly better head angle is always what we are hoping for but in this kind of situation it is difficult to get. Beautiful picture, sharp eye. Thank you.
Male Snail Kite
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