Common Kestrel take off

[girisholeti]

These beauties are back at my place and got a chance to photograph them this morning. Came back with only three images as my car got stuck in slush and had to call a rescue vehicle to pull it out.

Canon 7D, Canon 500mm f4+1.4x TC, ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/1600 Sec

[Doug Brown]

We get the American Kestrel in my neck of the woods, but I can't ever get close to them. Like the take-off pose and sharp eye. A slight head turn towards us would have been nice. I see that you have a tendency to shoot ISO 200; I prefer 400, even with the 7D, because the extra stop of light can really help your image quality (either with DOF or SS).

[Mital Patel]

Girish bhai,

Beautiful image and superb wing .. liked the inclusion of the tiny sand stones leaving behind giving nice feel.
Doug Said well at iso 200 i feel you really did jam of a freez but yes giving it shot at min 400 as i said before would have given you much better freeze.

Just try it as you have learned many things on Processing it should not be a hassle.

[Xander Sales]

Awesome photo... very cool flight!

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome pose and details, wish this one was mine!

[dankearl]

Excellent take off, great wing position and really sharp focus on the head.
Very well done.

[stuart wanuck]

lovely

[MohsenVahedipour]

Great take of pose with excellent wing position. Superb sharpness & details. TFS

[bishancm]

Nice Image of this bird in Flight. +1 with Mital Bhai.
Regards

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

I really like the pose and eye contact alot as well as the great look at the talons. I am a little distracted by the vertical lines beneath the tail.