Black Shouldered Kite with a catch.

[Ajay Panjwani]

BSK with a half eaten prey...



FL 500mm, ET 0.002s 1/500, f14.0, ISO 800
Nikon D90 + Sigma 150-500 OS

[Ajay Panjwani]

Don't they eat until the spectators are gone? I waited for around 15 min for this bird to take a bite so that i can click
him while cutting his prey...but no luck..

[Dave Mills]

Hi Ajay, Nice lighting with good detail throughout the bird. The bird is well positioned and I like the trace of clouds in the backround. In a perfect world I would of liked a more natural perch and a better view of the prey.
Based on the situation you handled it well...

[Bill Dix]

Handsome bird. Nice sharp detail, and great eye. Ditto Dave's comments; plus, but of sharpening halo around the bird.

[Lance Peters]

Hi - Good eyes Bill - also see the Halo - over sharpening or S/H tool will cause this.

Perch is what it is - does look a tad oversharpened to my eyes.
Keep em coming :)

[Ray Rozema]

Exposure looks good and good eye contact. Agree looks like oversharpen halo which cause slight cookie cutter look. Might crop off the bottom to elimiante some of the perch

TFS

[Ajay Panjwani]

Thank you Dave, DB, LP and RR. My secong post and got to learn a good lesson here,
after reading comments myself too feel the image is over-sharpen. surely dint realized it earlier.
Here is the re-post of less sharpened one...