Black Winged Kite

[Divyang Dave]

Surat outskirts, Dec-`13.
Canon 550 D + Canon 400 mm f/5.6 L.
Tv mode=
t-1/2000,f-6.3.
Now a days it is difficult to get this kite on natural perch, most of time it is found on electric wires.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Its quite difficult to get these raptors on natural perches. Most can be seen perched on electric poles and wires :(. Nice head turn and eye contact. There seem to be some loss in details. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Raptors prefer to select a perch based on its height so that they get a vantage point to survey the surroundings. With the loss of suitable trees in most of the places the electric poles are used by the raptors as perch which is actually a bit of an eye sore. I love the red eye of this species. There is a post-processing halo around the bird and the branch on the side near the tail feathers has got blurred. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Prasad Dingankar]

Nice capture. Its true that most of the time its found on electric wires. I let it go for many times due to that.
This on looks better thanks for sharing.