Banking Male Snail Kite

[Jim Neiger]

Osceola County, Fl - 1D3, 500mm, hand held from boat, 1/2000, F5.6, ISO 800, manual exposure - metered on green vegetaion @ 0

[Isak Pretorius]

Excellent exposure, composition and pose! I like that red eye!

[Brian Wong]

Hi Jim!

Oh boy! I can't wait til next month!!!! Getting all the gear together, and trying to get the arms in shape!! Not fair ... this is such a tease!!

[Philip Pietri]

This is an incredible bird and you've certainly captured him in an incredible manner. Excellent eye contact and the catch light adds a lot to the photograph.

[Harold Davis]

nice one, jim!! looks great.

[David Hemmings]

Hey Mr Jim......very, very nice. I might like a little more room left, but that is just minor. This rocks!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Great flight shot,I Iove the composition,details,timing and the sharp red eye!

[Ruhikanta Meetei]

Fantastic Capure!
Ruhikant

[Mike Tracy]

Maybe a little more room on the bottom left if that makes sense. Outstanding feather detail. I like the full wing and tail feather spread.

Is this a pre- adult or did you use flash ? The few I males I am ever fortunate to see from land seem to have a darker shade of gray on the head.

[Jim Neiger]

Maybe a little more room on the bottom left if that makes sense. Outstanding feather detail. I like the full wing and tail feather spread.

Is this a pre- adult or did you use flash ? The few I males I am ever fortunate to see from land seem to have a darker shade of gray on the head.

Hi Mike,

This is a full adult male. No flash was used. The darker males are the likely young adults or juveniles. The plumage does vary a bit from one bird to another.

[Robert Hardy]

it would be hard to get much better than this shot thats for sure it's stunning.
Rob.

[Bill Foxworthy]

It is a pleasure to view this handsome image Jim.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Excellent image! I like the banking pose, details and exposure. The only problem is that I've never seen this species. :)

[Stephen Earle]

The perfect pose in my opinion, expertly phoyographed.

[Rich Ikerd]

You continue to amaze Jim. Exceptional!

[Grady Weed]

I was just going to ask if you used flash, then read you did not. Excellent light, very nice indeed. I cant hand hold for long, since my high blood pressure kicks in. Love the banking pose and eye looking right at you. A very regal pose. the tail and wing tips are so clear and spread out. Just gorgeous.

[Jody Melanson]

Wowsers!!!

[Jose Suro]

Classic Neiger. I'm very envious!

Jose

[paul leverington]

Magnificent capture Jim!!

[Gary Dumer]

Outstanding!!!