Kestrel Takeoff

[Amit Kalele]

HI All,

Posting this kestrel taken some time in Jan 2010 at outskirts of Pune. Taken with Canon 7D, 300f4 IS + 1.4x tc, iso 400, f6.3 -1/3ev. Cropped a little from all sides. C & C are most welcome. Cloned couple of twigs here and there.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Love the wingspread and eye contact. What was the shutter speed? There are some sharpening artifacts in the head. In such situations, it is better to use a narrow aperture, as it becomes difficult to get the near wing as well as the head in focus. One stop higher ISO would have been good.

The image looks a bit yellow to me. So lowering the colour temperature during post processing will strengthen the image. Overall, looks nice.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

The low angle and the eye contact is nice. I would have liked some more space all around to display the habitat. The wing spread is interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Beautiful image Amit, the details are excellent and the wing spread has come out well. The frame is bit tight for me
Overall a great shot
tfs

[V S Sankar]

Very nice picture.The eye contact has come out well.Agree about the color cast

[Mohan Raj]

Very nicely taken photograph. The light, timing, focus and details of the bird has come out well.

Amit, I like the colour of wings. It is a beauty. :)
TFS

[Bibhav Behera]

I like the composition and the colour theme. The sharpness is good. Thanks for sharing.