Kestrel from Velavadar

[Divyang Dave]

Canon 550 D + Canon 400 mm f/5.6 L USM
Nov-12.
Shutter priority
f-6.3
t-1/1250
little crop almost full frame,handheld from car.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice perch. I feel, a slight head turn to the left would have enhanced the eye contact further as the light was from the right. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing.

[Prasad Dingankar]

Nice, when had you been to Velavdar? Nice & sharp. I haven't seen this beauty from close quartars yet... Thanks for sharing

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Lovely image Divyang. The light falling on one side of the bird looks nice. The bg is also pleasantly diffused. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice image .agree with mrudul.

TFS
Roopak

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see a kestrel from Velavadar. I agree with Mrudul. Frontal lighting is often preferable for bird photography as it gives you more details. Slightly reducing the sharpening will better here. You can try to pull up the shadows a bit so that its right eye (towards our left in the frame) is a bit more lighted. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi