Black Shouldered Kite

[ramesh anantharaman]

Canon Id M IV, 500 f/4 + 1.4x t.c.,

f/6.3, 1/3200, iso 800, +1 ev, 700mm.

One of my favourite raptors just for the way it hovers and dives for its pray. it was a nice bright morning with blue skies. Hence i tried to do a nice sky background image. Hope this works.

[Gary Hamilton]

Beautiful image. I love the eye, the overall sharpness, the fanned tail, and the wing position. My only suggestion would be to place the bird higher in the frame given the downward wing position. Well done.

[Doug Brown]

What a sweet flight pose! I might push the brightness up about 1/4 stop and I would mask out the brightest whites. I'd run a little Shadows/Highlights on the darks. I'd run some NR on the underside of the far wing. And I'd selectively sharpen the head a bit. Something like this. Even though it sounds like a lot of changes, I'm trying to preserve a really good image and take it to the next level.

[Gary Esman]

Excellent flight pose! Did you place the catch light in the eye?

Gary.

[ramesh anantharaman]

Hello all,

Thanks a lot for the replies. Doug thanks a ton. I did not run the NR on the far wing thinking it might spoil something. but now i realize it would have been good. Thanks a lot. Gary its is a natural catch light. i did not place it. Thanks again guys

[Don Railton]

Works beautifully for me....Thanks for showing..

DON

[Tin Man Lee]

Beautiful pose that shows off the broad shoulder and back. Love the beautiful eye color. Well done!

[Alan Murphy]

Stunning flight shot. I'd place him slightly higher in the frame.

[James Fuller]

Love the dorsal view, spread tail, wing position, and that eye!

[dankearl]

Great in flight pose.
Doug's repost sharpens it up, but I agree, a bit higher in the frame would be nice.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Ramesh! I like the wing postion, red eye and BG. I agree with the higher up crop suggestions.

[ramesh anantharaman]

Hi All,

I am putting forward a re post of the image with all he suggestions taken into consideration. Please do let me know if it works.

warm regards

Ramesh

[Stu Bowie]

Ramesh, the flight angle and wing position makes this image work so well. Your repost has turned out well with the slight tweaks from the suggestions above. Well done.

[Tom Rambaut]

Great flight pose - gives a real sense of movement and action.

[RakeshDhareshwar]

Lovely banking pose. Great catchlight and awesome details on this one . The repost is a notch above !!!

[Kiran Poonacha]

The last post works well bro, nicely done..

[Riju Bhattacharya]

Awesome flight pose! And the repost does look better