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    These beautiful beings are back to winter in India, But still overcast conditions here in south India, hope to make some good images of these beauties with good light.

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    Amazing action captured here bhai

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    Your usual excellent standard. Light is fantastic: subtle yet strong. Eye contact puts it over the top. Congratulations:cool:

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    Wow! The framing / crop seems perfect for this shot with the bird's body position and gaze. Outstanding.

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    Wow! Beautiful capture with great pose,framing,sharpness and a BG to kill for!

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    Exceptional, best kestrel in flight shot i've seen.

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    Beautiful work, Kiran. I love the pose with the talons showing so prominantly.

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    Super shot, Kiran. Great pose, eye contact, background -- amazing capture for such a fast-flying bird.

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    I like the dynamic pose captured very nicely done Kiran

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    Bhai, I am a strange one: for flight, I pretty much prefer soft like this to any sun that causes distinct shadows. Love the pose, the hanging talons, the look, and everything else about this one.
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    Wow.excellent.All good.Serious congrats!
    TFS

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    Kiranbhai, you have absolutely nailed this. Fantastic flight posture, with good eye contact. I like the light and sharpness, and what a killer BG.

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    Great pose, eye contact, background!

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    Kiran, you nailed this one. Terrific pose and crop....loving those talons a lot. I need to come to Bangalore some day just to go to this place where you get all kinds of raptors at eye level.

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    You do not get much better than this
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    A stunning image! Hard to imagine anything that could make it better. (the only thing that springs to mind is a prey bird just under the talons, but who doesn't dream of that kind of thing!)

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    Excellent Kiran! I love the soft light, sharpness, pose and eye contact. As for the framing, IMO, this is more powerful with about half of the empty space on the right cropped out, but this is great!

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    Another vote for a magnificent photograph, exposure, sharpnes and eye contact excellent. I like the pose which illustrates the grace, agility and strength of the bird - well captured.

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    Outstanding flight pose Kiran, I love the sharp details and beautiful BG also.:)

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    Perfection! If I ever capture an image like this, I will be a happy man...

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    This is insanely good! Absolutely stunning!

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    Excellent Kiran,

    I love the feet and the eye contact.

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    This is fantastic Kiran, excellent pose and BG.

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    Just enough blur on the wingtips to impart movement. Outstanding in every way!

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    Wow!!

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    Not much to say Kiran, just much respect for your work. Love the colors, the action, the feeling of the image, the soft light. Hats off.

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