Brazilian Snail Kite

[Adams Serra]

This female is always by a little pond near my house.

MK III
F 5.6
1/1250
Iso 640
500mm

All comments are appreciated

[Julie Kenward]

Adams, this is beautiful! You've got nice details in even the darkest of feathers and a really nice pose and HA. If it were mine (and I wish that it was) I'd possibly lighten the BG just a tad more and possibly clone out the half broken stick at the bottom.

[Rene Quenneville]

I love the pose and overall composition. I agree with Julie's comments. The eye also seem to need tome work. You could remove one of the catchlights and increase contrast.

[Lorant Voros]

Very nice pose and good exposure. It isn't the nicest perch. I agree with the above mentioned comments for improvements. Congratulations.

[Harshad Barve]

Agreed with Julie and Rene
beautiful image
TFS

[Simon Bennett]

I like the pose and similar tones of background.

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent pose with a good head turn. Pin sharp, and I like the detail in this. Killer BG, and I would maybe take a bit off the bottom.

[David Fletcher]

Wonderful pose and bg. Like the comp. Like suggestions made.

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Love the over the shoulders look.