Thailand Brahminy Kite

[Supachat varongsurat]

This shot was taken during birds migration in thailand . Happy new year to everyone ;)

D3 500mm F4 SPD 1/1000 f8 iso 1000 in overcast day around 4 pm.

[Sid Garige]

Supachat,

Very nice image of a wonderful bird.

Composition is perfect. Fitting vertical frame with just enough space around.
Subject pose is wonderful too. Wish there was a better eye contact (Asking for too much I guess :))
I see some noise in the background, may be some noise reduction on background.
Head looks little over sharpened too.

Very nice image.

[Albert Froneman]

Hi Supachat,

Spectacular species and opportunity well used - the colours and composition works very well here!

I agree on the noise in the background - should be fairly easy to remove and also tone down a little on the sharpening on the bird itself ;)

Rgds,

Albert

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Banking pose, sharpness and BG look very good. I would tone down the whites on the head. I'm not familiar with the species but the plumage looks a bit oversaturated on my monitor. If the BG were a bit lighter, it would give you better separation between wing tips and background.

[Arthur Morris]

This is obviously a spectacular pose by a spectacular species. I am with Mr. Axel; though I too do not know the bird the orange of the wings definitely looks over-saturated. And the image quality in the area of the head looks quite funky; did you have some problems there? (There is not much detail in the top of the head, the eye, and the far nape among other spots...)

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great bird and the pose is fantastic. Agree about the whites and saturation.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Haliastur indus. We have this species in India. During our child hood days we used to consider it as good omen. :-)

The colours are oversaturated and has become orange. I like the banking pose.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Stu Bowie]

I like the banking angle, and pops well from the BG. Sabya has explained the colour.

[Hendri Venter]

Colour ands saturation mentioned but flight angle perfect.

[Morkel Erasmus]

all points mentioned - lovely looking bird, would like to see a repost with orange toned down and head detail improved...