Kestrel

[Giulio Zanni]

Shot at 1/160, f5.6, + 1.3, iso 800, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm on 7D.

Thanks for looking, Giulio

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Love the pose and direct contact. Wonderful clean BG . I do think it could use a bit more saturation as it appears a tad light to me. Many thanks for sharing this fine image.

[Steve Berkowitz]

Ditto what Judy said - very nice all around. steve

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, BG and sharpness and would put the bird a bit higher in the frame. There seems to be a slight magenta cast.

[Bob Pelkey]

The insect in the Kestrel's claw shouldn't be overlooked.

[Stu Bowie]

Good eye contact, and I like the soft light. What a great BG, and his catch a bonus.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice pose, perch, BG. I too see a magenta cast, and pointing your lens down more would have been ideal comp-wise.

[Fabs Forns]

If you copy the background layer and use multiply as a blending mode, reducing the opacity, you may get better coloring. Like the clean BG and meal.

[Giulio Zanni]

If you copy the background layer and use multiply as a blending mode, reducing the opacity, you may get better coloring.

On my monitor I don't see any color cast, maybe just a bit over saturated?

[Harshad Barve]

Nice pose, perch, BG, excellent
TFS

[Troy Lim]

Composition wise, it has too much room on top for my personal taste. Like the stare. TFS.