A Peregrine Falcon

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is a Winter visitor to India, We also have a resident race of the peregrine in India known as the Shaheen Falcon. Was lucky to get him on the ground.

Spec: 1/1250, F 5.6, -1/3, ISO 400

canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

[Doug Brown]

Good looking bird with a nice pose. I just spent a couple of days photographing a family of Peregrines in California; what a great experience! I might add a little more canvas on the right.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Very lucky to have it on the ground. Super light and like the eye contact.

[Juan Aragonés]

Lucky man. Having one of this guys so close to you in Spain is almost impossible... well, it is impossible ;-)
How did you get so close to the bird? Car? Hide? just curiosity. I like the neat eye contact of the bird, the soft light and the low angle. Composition works very fine to me.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great angle, pose and details. I would lighten the eye and maybe sharpen the shadows a bit less so that it does not bring out noise.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all for your Valuable inputs and suggestions.

Doug: I add some space on the right but it looked too much so I let it be.

Juan: Its difficult out here too, but not impossible. I made this from the car. come over sometime.

Axel: sure will try that.

Thanks again..

Regards,

Kiran

[Stu Bowie]

Kiran, Super sharp, with great detail. Good pose, with a perfect head turn. Great image.

[Jan Wegener]

absolutely stunning shot. Lovely light and awesome pose. Getting a Falcon sitting that nice and open is fantastic :)

[Ramon M. Casares]

Lovely pose, nice light, great BG, detail, species and colors! Here in Argentina is preety much impossible too :)
Congratulations!

[Arthur Morris]

Fabulous as noted above. My only suggestion would be to selectively lighten the dark areas of the face just a bit....

[Kobus Tollig]

Ditto Arthur and Ramon. Great shot here.