Nankeen Kestrel

[Simon Bennett]

Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides photographed at first light, near Cunnamulla, south-western Queensland.

Canon 40D, EF500 f/4 + 1.4 tc, tripod, ISO 200, 1/500, f/8, cropped for composition. First image processed with a new Dell 2209WA monitor.

[Gal Shon]

Congratulations on your new monitor, I heard good things about it.
Wonderful light. very good sharpness, details and BG
I would crop a bit from the bottom.

[Leo Berzins]

Wonderful early morning light. I like the one footed balancing act on the tip of the perch and the fluffed up pose. Exposure and sharpness look good.

[Lorant Voros]

Beautiful light. Nice one footed pose, good sharpness and detail. How do you like your new monitor? Congrats.

[Simon Bennett]

Lorant asked How do you like your new monitor?
I'm very pleased with it. It certainly overcomes the viewing angle issues apparent with most lcd monitors and the colour rendering and sharpness are very good. It is very bright so I took Roger Clark's advice to calibrate the brightness using a camera. It is now set on about 60% bightness, and I have calibrated it with a Spyder2Express device. Overall: Thoroughly Recommended, and about half the price of similar quality ips-type monitors.

[Lorant Voros]

Thanks Simon. I am looking for something as well. I am using my laptop that is 3 years old and went through a lot of traveling....not the most accurate monitor for photo viewing and editing. I will look into this model as well.

Very nice photo once again.:-)

[Fabs Forns]

Talk about sweet light!!! Very sharp, excellent composition and neat BG.
I wouldn't change a thing.

[Brian Barcelos]

Simon, ditto what has been said. Love the fluffed up feathers. I might just add a little more room to the right of the bird. Beautiful species by the way, never seen one before. Congrats.

Brian

[arash_hazeghi]

light is exceptional, love all the feather detail and eye contact. well done.

[Arthur Morris]

Quite the loverly image: sweet light, raised foot, perfect COMP, EXP, SH, head turn, and image design. I even like the perch.

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations on your new monitor
I liked it all the way
TFS

[Jim Neiger]

Cool bird, perch, and pose. The sweet light really makes the image.

[Stu Bowie]

Sweet, sweet light Simon, which in turn has brought out the lovely warm colours. I like the sharp detail in this, and would maybe try and lighten the eye. Still, well captured.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Could light get any better?
Superb detail, colors and sharpness, nice pose, perch and detail.
Congratulations!

[David Fletcher]

Awesome shot! Light to die for Simon. Congrats on this and your new monitor. This is some sweet image.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Very cute Image... loved the Bird and the raised foot adds well... congrats..