The Black Shouldered Kite Dive

[Kiran Poonacha]

Caught this Black shouldered kite diving on a Tawny eagle which was sitting on his favorite perch.

Spec: 1/4000, F 5.6, ISO 800

Kept the crop a bit tight for WEB.

MK4+500mm+1.4TC

Regards,

Kiran.

[Grace Scalzo]

Outstanding!! A pleasure to view.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Great pose, composition, and the red eye stands out beautifully.

[James Fuller]

Perfect pose. Love it.

[Roger Clark]

Kiran,

Wonderful image. Well done. I like the composition and crop.

Roger

[Karl Egressy]

Great pose, head turn and a great looking eye.

[Mital Patel]

visual treat and sort of experts thing

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, stunning shot. loved the eye and the top-side view. except the dark areas, I think the rest of the image can go a tad lighter.

[Jonathan Ashton]

I agree with everyone else - a super shot - well done. I like the shape of the crop but just a tad tight for my taste.

[Marina Scarr]

An absolutely kick butt capture. Although I like the crop, I second Jon's thoughts on a tad more space all around.

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

That is mighty cool. The pose and eye are excellent and I like the topside view.

[Sachin Saraf]

Stunning image! It really is a treat to watch.

[Angad Achappa]

This is outstanding!! Love the pose and wingspread. The tight crop works well too.

[Alan Murphy]

SICK!!!!!

[Kiran Poonacha]

SICK!!!!!

Alan bhai , you did not like it????

[Ofer Levy]

Alan bhai , you did not like it????

I think Alan meant GOOD=SICK....

I also LOVE it! I think your processing caused some lose of detail and the eye looks a bit too bright red to me. (I have seen and photographed this bird alot....)

[Lorant Voros]

This is just way too good. It is probably the best photo I have ever seen of this bird. Hats off.

Lorant

[Geir Jensen]

Has nothing to criticize in this great image. Very well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

it is sick Kiran! i.e. crazy good ;)

excellent top side bank and details, just out of curiosity did you boost the eye a little bit?

[Kiran Poonacha]

it is sick Kiran! i.e. crazy good ;)

excellent top side bank and details, just out of curiosity did you boost the eye a little bit?

Thanks Bhai, I did not boost the eye, I only reduced the satuaration as it looked too red.

Regards,

Kiran.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all my dear friends for your kind word and valuable suggestions.

Regards,

Kiran.