Juvie. White-tailed Kite

[James Salywoda]

White-tailed Kite
Southern, California

I've had an awesome time working the raptors locally. Luckily this bird likes to perch in a tree that is only about 8 Ft. off the ground and I can capture images that aren't on a steep angle.

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/2500 F8 ISO 500

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Randy Stout]

James:

Very nice. Beautiful dorsal view, well exposed, nice separation of bill from far wing, angle in frame, all good.

The relatively low shooting angle as mentioned really helps here.

Cheers

Randy

[Lorant Voros]

Sweet pose, love the colors and the eye. Little wing blur on the tip of the wings is fantastic. Well done.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Loved the killer look with the catchlight in the eye a lot. As Randy mentioned, head not merging with the far wing is a huge plus here.

[denise ippolito]

Jim, A beautiful pose and well framed. Very nice sharp eye. Sounds like a great time!

[Dan Brown]

Beautiful pose, wing position, eye contact, sharpness and exp Jim. I love these juvies with the added rust colors! Great!

[Morkel Erasmus]

fabulous shot Jim...top exposure, sharpness, pose and HA!

[Doug Brown]

Sweet pose Jim! Nice eye contact with good separation between head and far wing.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Cool pose and great eye contact! Love this series!

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Great pose and very sharp. Lucky you man! :cool:

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent flying posture James, and just love the detail and sharpness. Well captured.

[Haim Ziv]

Absolutely great flight pose.

[Mark Perry]

I couldnt agree more with the above comments. really sweet image!

[Arthur Morris]

Superb dorsal view. Just nominated this for IOTW.