Juvenile Mississippi kite

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

40D. 400 f5.6L at f/8. iso 400. 1/800s. exp. comp +1. Some leaves clones out at bottom. cropped from horizontal.

This is the same bird as yesterday's post. Same perch. shot from top of my car to get a better shooting angle. wishing I was taller :-) All C&C welcome.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Fine pose and killer BG.
Would like a bit more head turn , but still a wonderful image as is. Nice perch it is sitting on , but not to fond of the other sticks. Might be worth the effort to get rid of them.

[denise ippolito]

Kaustubh, I like the pose and the fanned tail. I agree w/ Joe regarding the smaller twigs.

[Daniel Cadieux]

The fanned tail looks great, and I like the curve of the wing just above it. Bummer about those extra twigs, and I would have preferred a clearer view of the bill-tip. Good just in getting higher by hopping onto your car:).

[Greg Basco]

Kaustubh, nice job working to get the image you wanted here. Agree about the twigs at the bottom but realize there was nothing you could do.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[Arthur Morris]

Disagree. I did something. I couldn't stand it :) BTW, I love it. A bunch of Quick Masks and lots of Clone Stamp Tool....

[Joe Senzatimore]

Nice job Artie.:):):)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Artie, thx so much for taking the time. I am feeling bad about posting it now :-) you had to take time out of your busy schedule to work on this. Thx once again.

[Arthur Morris]

YAW & no sweat. It is such a nice image it deserved it :)

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Artie, I hate to be the one pointing it out....after all the work you have put in....but knowing the perfectionist that you are, I know you will appreciate it. there is a small piece of twig still there...between the tail and the bird's left wing. But please dont bother about it and dont spend more time that you have already done :-)

[Arthur Morris]

I can't believe that I and others missed that. I was concentrating so hard on making the tail perfect. As for not fixing it, surely you know me better than that. This only took a minute.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Thx Artie.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great pose captured. Like the comp and glint in the eye. Exposure +1 has nailed the exposure against the sky. Well done Kaustubh