Black shouldered Kite

[Andreas Liedmann]

Picture taken in Etosha Np

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
EF 500 IS L + 1,4 TC
Car Windowbracket
f 8 / 1/2500 sec / ISO 800
70% of FF
Processed in Canon DPP + PS cs5

[John Chardine]

Nice one Andreas, and great to see this species. Exposure looks good and you have great detail in the feathers. The upper breast is bright and your eye is drawn there rather than to the face and eye. I think you could help focus peoples' attention by selectively lightening the face and eye. By the same token you could darken the upper breast a little.

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi John
So i tried to follow your suggestions.What do you think ?

Cheers Andreas

[John Chardine]

The effect is subtle but it works! Well done.

[Ian Cassell]

I agree with John and I was surprised to see what a great effect that minor change had. I really like this one (and would love to see one of these birds).

[Kerry Perkins]

Andreas, excellent job on the repost. Very interesting bird and congrats on the capture!