Shikra with kill

[Atul Dhamankar]

Bharatpur
Jan 2012

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice one.Female. what is the kill??

TFS
Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image.The bird of prey kills only to feed.There is neither malice nor remorse.It is better,as Roopak Bhai always does with precision,to specify whether the bird is a male/female/juvenile/breeding/non-breeding.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Sabyasachi Patra]

I agree. It is better to provide the details. If one is not sure then one can say so.

Also, please post the exif details of the image include post processing details and amount of crop. That would help in critiquing and others can learn from those critiques.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Atul Dhamankar]

Shikra was female as her eyes are yellow ( male have red)
She killed a White-brested Waterhen

This image shot by...
Nikon D7000
Sigma 500 mm f/4.5 APO DG EX HSM
F/8
1/250
ISO 160
Tripod