male American Kestrel

[Phil Seu]

d3, 600vr plus 1.4, f/9, 1/1000, iso800

[Deborah Hanson]

Tough bird to capture for me.
Nice pose and perch. Good detail in the feathers, claws, and eye. Like the background.
If mine, I might crop a bit from the right side of the frame and lighten the eye - personal preference, tho.

Deb

[Myer Bornstein]

Agree with the crop but I like the catch light in the eye

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Really like the pose and head turn in this capture and agree that taking a bit of canvas off the right would strengthen this image. Wonderful BG to set this beauty off and good color and detail. Fine capture Phil and thanks for sharing.

[Fabs Forns]

Gorgeous light falling on a great specimen. Another vote for taking off the right side. Great detail in the plumage.

[Amy Marques]

Nice image- I like the looking back pose. The only thing I can add is to clone out the dust spot just to the right of the fellow.

[Steve Maxson]

I would agree with taking a little off the right, but otherwise this is an excellent image, Phil.

[Gail Spitler]

These guys are so hard to get sitting still. This is just wonderful. Agree about taking a tad off the right. On my monitor the right side of the head seems a bit soft?
Very nice.
Cheers
Gail

[Chris Baker]

Love it. I'd go along with a tad off the right. Despite many visits to the USA I've not managed one decent shot of these birds.