Black Shouldered Kite

[Joshi Bhavya]

Black Shouldered Kite or Black winged Kite on Natural perch..
At Gir National Park
With Canon 550D-Tamron 70-300mm lens
F:7.1
ISO:400
SS:1/1600s
Handheld.
Crop for Closer and Compo.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to see it on a natural perch. Some more light on the eyes would have looked great. That would have happened when the bird would have lifted its head a bit. That is a big difference and often it misses our attention while shooting with a smaller focal length.

The calling pose is nice. The curved branch at the top has also framed it well. There is a hint of a branch at the top left corner. Without that it would have looked better. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice calling pose. Agree with the above comments. The focus seems to be locked on the branch on the right as it is in focus. As it is a crop the AF point will cover a larger area. Wish it was closer. Thanks for sharing.