Blackshouldered Kite

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Another one of my favourite bird taken at Mankwe hide in the Pilanesberg National Park.

1D MKIII
600mm f/4.0 IS
ss 1/1600
f/7.1
ISO 400
Handheld

[Peter Farrell]

Nice detail on the birds body and wings and I like the coloring. Looks like your lens and/or sensor could use a cleaning.

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet looking image of a striking bird.
Love the flight pose.

[Arthur Morris]

Love the pose and the sharpness of the face and the far wing. The near-wing position and blur works perfectly. Looks way too dark so I pulled the curve up.

[Arthur Morris]

ps: Sorry that I missed the sensor dust lower left... But then, so did you :) Good catch by Peter.

[Ofer Levy]

Fantastic pose and sharp! I think it can go even brighter - please let me know what you think. Cheers, Ofer ;)

[Arthur Morris]

Good job Ofer. When I saw your version I realized that we both had missed the green/cyan cast....

[Ofer Levy]

Thanks Artie, I don't see a too stong green cast on the bird in my repost but I see a red cast on the bird in your last repost.

[Loukie Viljoen]

gree with red/mag cast.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great pose and details here Bhai, loved it..

[ashish parmar]

This is awesome stuff..... great details + great action captured.

[Harshad Barve]

Killer pose and action very well freezed , As I know this bird , Last repost by Guruji looks fine to me
TFS

[Juan Aragonés]

Terrific eye contact, pose and BG Gerrie. The image needs just a bit of contrast boosting in my opinion. Superb job:)

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks Artie, I don't see a too stong green cast on the bird in my repost but I see a red cast on the bird in your last repost.

It would be interested to see our laptops side by side :)

[Ofer Levy]

It would be interested to see our laptops side by side :)

It would be even more interesting to hear what others think....:D

[Loukie Viljoen]

The above spells out what is often the case, numerous PC's & laptops world wide. no matter how well colour balanced, they will never agree. So I think if you would like a different colour correct it on your comp. and enjoy it !!

[Ofer Levy]

The above spells out what is often the case, numerous PC's & laptops world wide. no matter how well colour balanced, they will never agree. So I think if you would like a different colour correct it on your comp. and enjoy it !!

This is unfortunately true. Actually, it is quite easy to calibrate a monitor using "Spider pro" or similar software. Without us using calibrated monitors it is quite difficult to have a decent discussion in such a critique forum.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Lovely posture and sharpness Gerrie, well done!

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting guys. It is much appreciated.:) Guess I'll stick to the original untill the greens & reds are sorted out. Without the dust bunnies that is.:o Happens when an old man wants to give a young lady a thrill by swopping lenses in a breeze to allow her the opportunity to shoot with a big lens.:D

[Phil Ertel]

Hi Gerrie, I am late to the party but wanted to chime in and say that I like the image for the positives stated above. Pose composition, and eye contact are all great. Interesting discussion on color. I kind of like the bird being a lighter but like the background in your original. Thanks for sharing.