Lady Kestrel - Up close

[Kiran Poonacha]

They have just arrived at Bangalore, Karnataka, India. its there winter stop here. they are pretty shy ones, but if you know how to approach them, a few will let you get close to them, she was one of them.

Spec:1/1600, F 7.1, ISO 400, -1/3.

I wanted to give more space around but too much of her OOF back was seen so I cut close.

[Stu Bowie]

Kiran, you are so fortunate to get close to one of these lovely birds. I like the detail, markings and colours on her, and I like your comp as is. Well captured brother.

[Harshad Barve]

another beautiful image ,
TFS

[Michael Zajac]

Beautiful details and comp. I might adjust the steel look to the eye a bit. Very nice capture. You really are getting some great bird shots!

[Brian Barcelos]

Kiran Bhai, Beautiful head shot of a pretty species. Comp looks good and nice BG. Maybe darkening the pupil will make the eye stand out more. Congrats

[Clement Francis]

Lovely close of that Lady

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran...nice tight crop. excellent sharpness and feather details. Only suggestion would be stop down further since you had SS of 1/1600. If the feathers near your watermark would have been as sharp as the rest, it would have been perfect.

KD

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

I really like the pose,details and the bg!

[Danny Laredo]

Kiran, I are very lucky to get this close. Sweet close up, detail and eye contact are super, as is the BG.

[Mital Patel]

i echo kaustubh deshpande. wish you had used little higher aperture to get the bottom feathers in focus as well.
the images still is a killer one. had tried to find your reflection in the eye but failed this time :)

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful portrait Kiran, love all those feathers, what is the approximate size of Indian Kestrel?

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Great looking Kestrel. Love the BG. Great feather details.

[denise ippolito]

Kiran, Beautiful details and pose. Very nice BG and comp.

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely soft light, exposure, and green BG. The eye seems just a tad over-sharpened to me.

Harshad, and Clement: it wouldn't hurt to say why you liked the image. :)

[James Salywoda]

So stunning love the details Kiran......:)

[Danny J Brown]

Kiran, thanks for a beautiful portrait. I actually like the way the feathers blur out at the bottom. It makes the image a bit warmer and more pleasing.

[Dave Barnes]

Good IQ Kiran, just love the feather detail.
It does look a bit oversharpened to me as well.
I would tone down the top half of the eye just a tiny bit, to me it seems to overpower the image.(only a very small amount)

[Rob Drummond]

Stunning detail and nice little head turn