Black Kite #4

[Mital Patel]

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Camera : Nikon D300
Lens : Nikkor 80-400D F-4.5/5.6 ED VR
Exposure : 1/2000sec @ 230mm
Aperture : f/6.3
ISO Rating : 400
Captured On : June 27 2009, 09:04 am
Location : Thol Bird Sanctuary, Mehsana, Gujarat, INDIA

C&C welcome.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Nice and sharp Bhai! I like it lots with this great underside view. I would however, prefer a little more eye contact still. I can also see a little noise in the dark areas. thanks for sharing :)

[Erich Stevens]

I really like this, sharp with lots of interesting detail in the wings and I really like your composition. I like the clean blue sky, and it seems to be the perfect saturation, too. Great work!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Good one Mital, Nice under wing details, the open beak adds well, well done.. Just wished was looking towards you.

[Bryan Hix]

Nice raptor. I like it, but agree with the others that it would be nice to have the bird looking more at the camera. I might play around with lightening the shadows under the wings just a bit and try to sharpen more if possible.

[Brian Barcelos]

I agree with whats been said about HA, but still a great image that I wouldn't mind in my own collection. This is a beautiful raptor. Wing angle is nice too. Congrats

Brian

[Jim Neiger]

Cool bird. The open mouth is a plus. You did well to get the detail in the underside of the wings.

[Doug Brown]

Decent underwing detail with a nice open beak. Better eye contact is the missing ingredient. What shooting mode did you use (Av, Tv, manual)?

[Mital Patel]

Used Aperture Priority (AV) mode and using that only.

[Stu Bowie]

I like the wingspread, and the open beak, an added bonus. I would have dialled in a + EC especially for a darker coloured subject. I feel this is sharp enough.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Mital,
I don't mind the HA...but for me I do wish for a bit more light on the wing underside.

[Harshad Barve]

better HA would have made it great, like the sharpness and wing postion , open beak is great
TFS