The White Eyed Buzzard Adult

[Kiran Poonacha]

I made this image of the Adult white eyed buzzard in the morning light. Very shy birds, so had to spend a lot of time around it to get close enough.

Spec: 1/1250, F 7.1, ISO 400, -1/3

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great light, details, pose and BG. I would only put the bird further to the left in the frame to get him out of the center.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thanks Axel, tired that but the space was getting too much on the right or was getting a boxish crop when I tried to balance.

[Mital Patel]

you are raptor king kiranbhai,
everything is in good shape and light with perfect sharpness.

I would reduce that green vegetation part arround the face which to me a little point to move eye from the face.

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition, Kiran. Love the pose, light and the background. Would have loved to see with the complete tail but still works for me.

btw, what lens did you use?

[Scott Frye]

Very sharp and the background is a complementary color to showcase this very nice bird

[Harshad Barve]

Dear Kiran
Striking pose, great eye contact but this is too tight for me at bottom
Harshad

[Ramon M. Casares]

I could only suggest to decenter the bird a bit, the rest, pose, light, colors, detail, species and BG are stunning! Congratulatuinos!

[Arthur Morris]

Your patience was well rewarded. Very sharp and excellent as noted above. My only wish would be a perch and pose that allowed us to see the tail.

[Stu Bowie]

Kiran, stunning light, pin sharp, and love the pose. What a killer BG. I agree to move him to the left a bit.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all for your kindly words of encouragement and those priceless suggestions.

I have off centered the bird a bit, cloned out some weed, but could not add much space down as it became to much of the anthill.

Indra, I use a canon 500mm F4 + 40D

Thanks Again,

Regards,

Kiran Poonacha.

[sten-åke nilsson]

wonderful shot!! i take my hat off...regards sten

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

I am not sure by what reason the little green leaves was removed on the second post. I think that was a nice addition and nobody suggested to remove ;) I love the original one while agree the decentralization. That's all otherwise perfect as usual.

Szimi

[Arthur Morris]

Though it was only a tiny plant, I agree with Szimi that it was a positive in the image.