Diving brahminy kite

[Bibhav Behera]

Brahmini Kite diving at the place which sabyasachi described. watched them for more than an hour...

Canon EOS 350D plus 28-135mm IS Lens
exp 1/1000
f5.6
ISO 400

Critques and comments welcome...

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice action captured. I liked the composition and the angle of its dive. The coconut tree gives the idea of the height. I think the focus is on the branch, so it is a bit distracting.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Bibhav,
Composition is nice. How much crop is it? I would have loved a narrow aperture but then you had to increase your ISO. However, I won't increase the ISO so much in the 350D.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

The composition is really fantastic. However there is a part of a different tree in the top right, and also at the right,in front of the coconut frond. If these weren't there, it would have been perfect. If you crop it though, the image will be ruined. However, you can't do so much planning when you witness such moments of action, can you?!

[Bibhav Behera]

Hi Sabyasachi,
It is around 20% crop. The ISO was already at 400 so didnt want to increase it further. I somehow don't like the quality of the image i have posted. I thought the composition was worth posting. Will process again and repost.

Hi Abhishek,
I agree the other trees are distracting. Should have been more vigilant for details on the field

[AB Apana]

I suggest you clone the other tree out of the picture.

Apana