Common Kestrel Female

[ramesh anantharaman]

Canon Eos ID MIV, 500mm f/4 + 1.4 x t.c.

700mm, f/7.1, 1/1600sec, +0.7 Ev, ISO 1000.

[Hayath Mohammed]

Very nice wing position and eye contact.

Nit: The image seems soft and seems to have a bit of a fuzzy feel around the edges.

Cheers,
Hayath

[Phillip Tomkinson]

Hi it looks very soft to me but other than that not a bad image.

Phil.

[Sid Garige]

Ramesh,

Killer pose and brilliant action. Great eye contact too. May be little more sharpening?

[Jonathan Ashton]

It is a great pose but the image looks a little soft, is it a large crop? It also gives me the impression that it has been cut out - especially around the tail.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely pose, bg and eye contact. I also suggest another look at the sharpening. An exciting moment captured.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Man so close, great wing position and light and a BG to die for...Don't think sharpening will save this one if it came out soft out of camera! TFS

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Definately a killer pose and awesome spread of the wings and tasil. Love the eye contact too. I sure hope a round of sharpening can save it for you. Is great IMO

[Stu Bowie]

Yep, awesome flying posture with the forward wings and fanned tail. Im with Dumay here - as there is already a touch of noise on the wings, sharpening this will reduce the IQ. Pity.

[gail bisson]

Image is so close to being stupendous but it is too soft,
Gail

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Ramesh, liked the dramatic pose and the angle of the kestrel. agree about IQ. not sure why some of the tail feathers look cut-out. Did you do any cloning there? Comp is very nice. If this is a big crop, a little wider might also work.

[Brendan Dozier]

Beautiful bird, Ramesh, wonderful pose with head turn. Agree about softness.

[Dan Behm]

Excellent in all aspects, the sharpening as noted, but gotta love the motion captured here.

Dan

[arash_hazeghi]

really nice dynamic pose and a great BG, bummer about the soft focus