Black kite in flight

[Atul Sinai]

Hi,

Please critique this image. shot in Pune. Messed up a bit with shutter speed. Should have gone for slightly lower shutter speed and higher aperture.

Canon 600D. 400mm f5.6
Manual Exposure
Auto Focus
Spot metering
Shutter Speed 1/3200
Aperture 5.6
ISO 400
Focal Length 400mm
Cropped by 62%
Handheld

Regards,
Atul

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Good Photograph.Nice Eye Contact.In this place, Colour of breast looks somewhat different while flying .Thanks for sharing. SaktiWild

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[Bhargava Srivari]

Very well done. Nicely exposed overall, but slight more positive EC would have been even better. Also, compositionally, placing the bird lower in the frame leaving more space at the top may have been better.

tfs

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Atul,
You got the wingspread well. I am fine with the composition. Which software do you use for processing your images?

I guess due to the large crop, you got the depth of field right. Unless you are clicking them swooping down fast or doing those fights, cartwheeling down from the sky with talons locked, a shutter speed around 1600-2000 should be fine. Keep on trying and you will only get better.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Atul Sinai]

Thanks ! Sabyasachi, I use Lightroom for processing.

Regards,
Atul

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice flight pose and eye contact. The details look good. Thanks for sharing.