Black Kite wing flap

[Sabyasachi Patra]

...in black and white.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm f2.8 L IS USM, EF 1.4xII, ISO 400, f5, 1/1600

Photographed near Bandipur National Park, India. Look forward to your critiques and comments.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[denise ippolito]

Sabyasachi, The lighting looks beautiful and the details look good. If it were mine and I wish it were I would take a slice off the bottom and a sliver off the left. Thanks for sharing!!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Sabyasachi

Is the kite bathing? I do like your image very much and the treatment works for my taste. Agreed about the crop suggestion. Great idea. :)

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Denise & Akos,

uploading the cropped version.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[denise ippolito]

Sabyasachi, I think it looks good.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

YES!

Way better mate. Thanks for going through the trouble. :)

[Michael Pancier]

I love the image and the comp. I would play with the tone zones to try to make the kite stand out more since it shares the same tones as the grasses. This is where silverefx pro would come in perfect as it divides the entire image into all zones so you can adjust certain areas. Maybe burn the edges and/or boost contrast....

[Julie Kenward]

Love that repost! I agree with Michael about pulling even more contrast into it - but this is really really nice!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Dear all,
Thanks for the comments.

Akos,
The kite was not bathing. There was a kill and it was feeding. it momentarily flapped its wings and I clicked.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi