Common Kestrel

[RAM MALLYA]

Shot this one form the car almost a full frame

Shutter speed 1/2000
Aperture F/5.6
ISO 200
Lens 100-400 L IS USM
Camera body 1D Mark II N
Hand held

C&C welcome

[Pieter de Waal]

Very nice image Ram. Clear, great eye contact and lovely plumage in subdued light. If you are OK with it might suggest removing the OOF foliage above the bird.

[Don Railton]

Hi Ram
I also like this a lot for all the reasons Pieter suggested. The only distracting feature for me is the shadow on the LHS border, althought I too might look at removing the OOF branch above the bird.. Might also consider increasing the saturation on the bird slightly..

DON

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Wonderful stuff Ram. I love the pose and love the surrounds. Would leave as is if it were mine mate. Though a touch more room in the LRC would not hurt. TFS. :)

[Jan Fourie]

Great portrait shot Ram.I like the pose,light,exp and the bird percing in its nat environment .I would not clone out anything

[Ken Watkins]

Wonderful stuff Ram. I love the pose and love the surrounds. Would leave as is if it were mine mate. Though a touch more room in the LRC would not hurt. TFS. :)

Ram,

I agree entirely with Akos's points, and I also like the flower

[Eric Diller]

Wonderful stuff Ram. I love the pose and love the surrounds. Would leave as is if it were mine mate. Though a touch more room in the LRC would not hurt. TFS. :)

agree........

[Stu Bowie]

I like the pose, light and colours Ram, and Im tending to go with Pieter here, and remove the flower coming out his back.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great eye contact and colours. IMG is sharp and well exposed Well done :)

[Sindri]

Sharp and clear shot. I would not change a thing.

[Mark Young]

Beautiful colours and details here. I like this composition and crop here.

[RAM MALLYA]

Thank you everyone for the comments . Please check out the repost .

[Ken Watkins]

Ram,

I have to admit the repost is better, but then it was brilliant to start with