For your eyes only

[Kiran Poonacha]

This Guys are quite shy, but on that day you get them to pose for you. This was made under overcast conditions and have lighten a eye a bit using shadow/ Highlight tool.

Have kept the crop tight and let the natural 2 tone BG be, hope it works..

Regards,

Kiran.

Sorry forgot to mention the techs: 1/500, F 7.1, ISO 500, + 1/3

Canon MK4 + 500mm + 1.4TC

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, sharpness and head-on look. The eyes are leveled, which looks good, maybe a bit more contrast? Could you post the techs? Thanks for sharing!

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful pose and exposure. The lighting looks lovely. The soft gradient BG looks great

[Stu Bowie]

How are those eyes Kiran. Super pose and detail, and against a killer BG.

[Grace Scalzo]

This looks perfect on my monitor, Kiran. What a beautiful creation with those striking eyes, thorny perch, and smooth complimentary background.

[ChasMcRae]

Species ??
Beautiful and pleasing as everyone has mentioned.
The thorns on the limb add a lot of interest and character to the image and helps say "this is where I live "

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all for your kind words,

@Charles : extremely Sorry, I just forgot to put the basics today, Its an adult Black Shouldered Kite.

Regards,

Kiran

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very good image, Kiran. Perhaps a bit tight, but I like this alot. The strong stare is killer!

[Stephen Stephen]

Kiran I really like the eye contact and the birds' details when imposed over the lovely soft BG. Thanks for sharing.

[Michael Zajac]

Kiran, Great pose and stare. I like the thorns and the red eyes.

[RAM MALLYA]

amazing bg and the eye contact kiran bhai

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent Kiran, love the pose BG and details

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, killer stare. Great job of getting the bird perfectly parallel and the eye-level shooting angle. Exposure and comp superb as always.

[Fabs Forns]

Where do yo find all these beauties???
Great eye contact, soft light and detail, great comp as well presented, thanks for sharing it, Kiran.

[John Chardine]

Agree with above Kiran, a magnificent image! The light is beautiful and my fixation with eyes is amply served in this one. I would like to see a little more room at the top.

If I were printing for the wall I'd remove the little white fleck on the wing.

[christopher galeski]

beautiful shot Kiran,nice detail,magic eyes,nice BG,thanks.

[MohsenVahedipour]

Hi
Very nice looking bird with Excelent sharpness and deltail. I like clean BG too. TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Where do yo find all these beauties???
Great eye contact, soft light and detail, great comp as well presented, thanks for sharing it, Kiran.

Thanks Fabs, we have a couple of grasslands close to the city I live, The secret of these guys are that they prefer lower perches during sunset and usually hangout in fixed areas. I had to do a lot waiting for such moments but with all your good wishes and lords blessing, sometimes I live such moments.

Thank you all for your kind words and most valuable suggestions, keeps me going..

Regards,

Kiran.

[Gen Benjamin]

wonderful image, I love everything about it. I especially love, as already mentioned, the eyes and the gradient background.
Gen

[Doug Brown]

Love the stare and the symmetry of the face. The crop works well for me. Like this one a lot!