Black Kite portrait

[Sabyasachi Patra]

An unusual portrait of a Black kite Miluvus migrans.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II, Canon EF 400mm F2.8 L IS USM, EF 2xII ie. at 800mm, ISO 400, f8, 1/1600, full frame image.

Look forward to your comments and critiques.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

Ahhh.. A very curious expression there. Nice capture. The angle looks a bit steep theough. But then it gives a diff feel to the image...

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Indeed unusual picture:)

[Sagar Patil]

Hi Sabyasachi, really unique portrait.

People like us PnS or Zoom lenses run towards the subject. On the contrary, you with prime lens must have to run away from the subject. Interesting.... :)

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice potrait. Liked the curious look and the head turn. The details on the feathers are nice.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Sagar,
I agree that at times it becomes too much of focal length. :D I was clicking at 400*2=800 with a 1.3 crop factor camera ie. the effective focal length was 1024mm. Can't think of such a thing in the film days. Clearly digital has revolutionised photography.

In this case, I aimed to create an intimate portrait. There are a few standard portraits however, this expression was different.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi