The Brahminy

[Kiran Poonacha]

This image of the Brahminy Kite was made at the western ghats of India in a beautiful place called coorg.

Spec: Av 8, shutter: 1/1000, expo - 1/2

[Lorant Voros]

Hello Kiran,
Another nice post; great subject, soft light, nice detail and composition. Looks like India is a good location as well for bird photography. Thanks for posting.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great posture and sharpness, and stunning species! I would try and lift the shadows a little bit to bring out more detail, and maybe you could consider lightening the eye a fraction. Thanks for posting, love your images of Indian birds

[Gayle Clement]

Beautiful warm light, great head angle, very nice exposure.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great pose, details and BG. I agree with Chris regarding bringing out more details in the shadows and might sharpen the perch a bit less. Keep them coming!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the pose and the composition!

[Nagesh Mula]

One more beautiful picture and very good sharpness, head angle and composition.

[Doug Brown]

Super detail and a great pose. I like the BG too. The perch definitely does draw the eye; in addition to backing off on the sharpening, I might try to reduce the contrast in the perch.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Again a beautiful image from you. Very nice head turn and composition. Sharpness is perfect.

Don't forget about the general guidelines as one image is allowed to post in every 24 hours for members and one in every 48 hours for forum contributors. :)

Szimi

[Kobus Tollig]

Super shot. Super bird. Ditto Chris on light up. Well done here

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose, and the feather detail in this is, is amazing. This is sharp, and I like the BG. I agree with the above comments on the perch.

[Simon Bennett]

Excellent pose and plumage detail.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ah!. Its been such a long time since I have seen this bird. One of my favourtie kites. I like it a lot as-is. One thing I would have done is move the black level towards the right a bit...but only a little so that details are not lost.

[Ramon M. Casares]

I would remove the smaller catchlight, the rest: Colors, BG, pose, detail, light, etc are simply outstanding IMO. Congratulations!