White-tailed Kite, bringing home the (rat) bacon!

[Dan Brown]

20% crop, auto ISO, evening light. I lightened some of the darker areas and the eye, NR on the sky and a little on the bird. I am happy with this at iso 1400!

Camera Model: NIKON D300, Handheld
Shutter speed: 1/2000 sec
Aperture: 6.3
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 1400
Lens: 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
AF mode: AF-C

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely shot, I like the light and the pose. you have excellent exposure and detail, couldn't ask for much more really (would have been nice to see the rat facing us)

[Randy Stout]

Dan:'

I think you did well with your D300 at that ISO. I generally am unhappy above 800 with mine.

Prey item is great, wing spread nice, like the alula showing so well.

Angle in frame nice, and like the directional lighting giving a sense of early or late in the day.

Cheers

Randy

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, good wing spread and fanned tail in this, and the light shows up the eye nicely with the angled head. Always good to see a raptor with their catch, and I would maybe move the kite a touch down in the frame.

[dankearl]

Nice one Dan, nice light, bird with prey and nice pose.

[stefano sitzia]

iso1400 whit d300s!?!? wow, impressive.... my d300s over iso800 is very poor.....
the shot is stunning, great white gesture, colors, light, details and moment catched!
congrats!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice light and wingspread. I'd prefer a better HA, but I could live with this one. I could also see a crop from below. Prey item is a nice bonus!