Red Kite

[Jeroen Stel]

Here's a Red Kite i recently photographed during a visit to the UK.

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark IV
Shutter speed: 1/1600 sec
Aperture: F 6.3
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 2/3
Flash:No
Flash exposure compensation:
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Servo
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
On tripod and Wimberley Head from hide
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

[Fred Canter]

Nice light to highlight the underside of the wings and head.
Might add a sliver to the top and left, seems a little tight to me,
but maybe not as I'm terrible at getting the crop right.
Beautiful bird.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Beautiful bird, nice pose and nice details. really liked the fanned tail.

[Karl Egressy]

Beauty shot. It would look so much better if posted with 1024 pixels with.

[gail bisson]

Agree with Karl.Can you post at 1024 pixels so we can better critique this?
Gail

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice pose and curled primaries. I'd add a bit at top, and there is a dust spot to remove. Hard to judge the rest properly at such a small posted size, but it certainly looks good.

[arash_hazeghi]

looks nice but image is too small for critique.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Really nice pose. Nice light too. I feel its just a little tight top left and woulos also like to see large to appreciate it more.

[Jeroen Stel]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your comments so far. I have always posted on several forums in 720 pixels on the longest side and i guess i am just one from the "old school" as i have been around on forums for so long. For me this was fine and i was always able to judge my own or anybody else his work in that size but times have changed and nowadays posting 1024 is the standard so maybe it is time for me to tag along..
So here's the image in 1024 with the dust spot removed.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[arash_hazeghi]

Now we are in business, 720 pixels is a joke these days. on my 30" screen it's like a funny icon

Now back to the image, it is sharp and nicely exposed good details. fanned tail is a plus. I only wish for better HA and more eye contact.

[Jeroen Stel]

Ah...you young kids just have sore eyes from watching MTV all day and looking at your 30" inch screens.. That said...i am changing all my post processing actions to a large file size right now as i can't find my old files on my 48" inch (2 coupled 24"inches..) screen anymore....

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

[gail bisson]

Jeroen,
Love the warm light and wing spread and fanned tail. I don't mind the HA as he is scanning for food and that is nature! I am not young like Arash but my old eyes appreciate the bigger size!
Gail