kestrel female

[ramesh anantharaman]

canon eos 40d, 500mm L IS f/4, 1.4x t.c.

iso 400, 1/1000sec, f/11, 700mm.


shot in Bangalore city, India

[john jackson]

Lovely detail from bill to tail tip. I would like to see more space around the bird as it looks (to my taste) confined by the size of its box.

[Ed Cordes]

I agree that it is a bit tight. This is emphasized by the backward pose. You got a great HA and super detail in the eye. Do I see some cloning marks just to the right of the beak extending up? They probably won't show in a print.

[Betsie Storm]

Beautiful detail and pose, Ramesh. Not sure about the vertical branch, but overall very pleasing.

[Dave Leroy]

Nice and sharp with a nice head turn. Photo seems a bit dark on my monitor. Good one. Dave

[Roger Lauzon]

Bonjour,

great shot, lots of details and a great eye contact.

Roger

[Ofer Levy]

Lovely pose and detail. Hope you don't mind this repost - converting to sRGB and some boosting in levels, colour saturation and contrast. Cloned the branch too.

[ramesh anantharaman]

hi ofer,


thanks a lot for the repost. i think the bird really stands out in it. i have learnt something now.

warm regards
ramesh

[Anand Kavalapara]

Ramesh, thats a nice image and the PP by Offer improves the image manifold. Great detail in the feathers. Good choice of smaller aperture for top to tail sharpness.

[Kiran Poonacha]

The repost makes this work well, loved the image Bro...

[Varun Bellie]

Fantastic man, bg makes this one amazing, repost works really well. Good you have used a lower aperture