Common Kestrel

[Vinay Lakshman]

Canon EOS 1D MkIII
Canon EF 500mm F/4

1/4000
F/4.5
ISO 320

[Harshad Barve]

excellent image Vinay , nice pose , HA, BG and perch.Sharpness looks fine. If mine I may add sliver space in left and take off 1/3 space from top.
TFS

[Scott Frye]

Background shows the kestrel off very nicely the browns and beiges blend well to make this a very nice picture. I might be tempted to take some off the top.

[Vinay Lakshman]

Thanks for the suggestions Harshd Bhai & Scott . How abt this one...Cannot do much about adding space in the left .

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the clean design, angle, sharpness and complementing BG. I would lighten the eye a bit and find the bird too tight in the frame. Since the BG is so clean, you could easily add some canvas.

[niranjan sant]

lovely nice and crisp shot. i too feel its too tight

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice bird, pose, perch, and BG. I much prefer the repost's comp...original is much too tight. Personally I would also remove the black area (hole?) below the foot.

How abt this one...Cannot do much about adding space in the left

It should be quite easy adding space at left with the almost uniform BG. Here is a tutorial on one of the methods you can use (read to bottom as there a couple other methods detailed within the thread)

http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ad.php?t=41898

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Vinay, beautiful sharpness and exposure. I prefer the sqaure crop. With the bird oriented diagonally like this, vertical crop will feel tight on both sides if you try to fill the frame left-to-right with the bird. With such a sweet BG, it will look much better with the bird little smaller in the frame with space all around.

But...wow...what a nice capture. Classic falcon form.

[RAM MALLYA]

Superb exposure Vinay like the Bg as well liked the second post for compo

[Mital Patel]

nothing left to say vinay. as said above by all i would prefer the re-post with a little canvas added on left. super sharp and well exposed image.

[kevinmat]

Again, great capture, nice and sharp, agree on previous comments regarding the crop and need to brighten the eye a little. Overall though very nice.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot I like your rework, definition and colours are excellent. I would agree a little more canvas to the left and I would suggest a little more contrast to make the bird have a little more pop - I don't think it needs much as the colours and light are subtle..

[Markus Jais]

Wonderful kestrel shot. I like the repost even more and agree with the others about a little more canvas.
The light, colors and background are all wonderful here. I also like the perch.

Markus

[arash_hazeghi]

Like this portrait a lot, nice smooth BG and great SH. well done lower left corner bit too tight.

[Brian Rees]

An excellent shot of a hawk in flight.

[Brian Rees]

Apologies for original comment. Should read beautiful portrait of a lovely hawk.

[Sid Garige]

Beautiful image. Great eye contact and wonderful pose.