A Kestrel's Pose...

Gallery: AvianPosted March 23, 2011280 views23 comments

Hi everyone... I watched this kestrel one morning as it casually sat on the small branch before reacting to hawk fly close-by overhead... as it did, I was able to capture this pose.

Canon 7D @ 500mm
1/2500 f/5.6 iso400

Thanks for looking,
John

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 23, 2011 at 2:21 AM

Interesting and different pose - I like this a lot.
Hard to tell with a small image, but detail looks very good. Natural colors and clean BG -
Nice!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 23, 2011 at 2:29 AM

Yikes!!! Super Sweet Photo John

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on March 23, 2011 at 6:52 AM

Beautiful light pose and detail John - great shot

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on March 23, 2011 at 7:29 AM

Would love to have seen a larger version, but this small version is beautiful, great colors, light, exposure, pose, looks like good detail.

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Comment posted by Keith A Anderson on March 23, 2011 at 7:52 AM

Terrific action, light and detail, John. Love the angled face and catchlight and the clean bg really emphasizes the bird.

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on March 23, 2011 at 8:52 AM

John: I really like this one! Great pose. Gotta love the fact that you can see the tail as well. Great exposure as well with nice details and light on the lower part of the wings. Very very nice.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on March 23, 2011 at 9:08 AM

Oh a shot i'd like to get. I love these little guys!. Nice getting the take off with great light and sharpness

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on March 23, 2011 at 9:13 AM

Splendid subject, great action. Nice job exposing against the sky.

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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on March 23, 2011 at 9:28 AM

Nice job on timing this shot John. Good wing extension and I like the "step off" from the perch.

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Comment posted by Doug Backlund on March 23, 2011 at 11:31 AM

Nice capture of the action! Looks very sharp, great catchlight too.

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Comment posted by Mark Jenkins on March 23, 2011 at 12:16 PM

Wonderful pose, BG and lighting on the face. Good job, John.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on March 23, 2011 at 5:41 PM

I have always like the color pattern of Kestrel's and this images really display that. Excellent timing to get this, the wing spread looks great, well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on March 23, 2011 at 6:20 PM

Good capture. The techs are spot on and the wings position great.

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Comment posted by Rick Cloran on March 23, 2011 at 7:43 PM

spectacular

Your timing couldn't have been better.

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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on March 23, 2011 at 11:45 PM

Very fine capture of that first movement when taking to flight. The composition is perfect for the shape of the bird with outstretched wings. I am surprised at how good the over all sharpness is with just f5.6.

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Comment posted by Ken Canning on March 24, 2011 at 12:29 PM

Wowie Zowie, that's nice !

Someday I will have a nice image of a kestrel. In the mean time I will admire yours!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on March 24, 2011 at 7:34 PM

fantastic pose, John! very nice. I'd think about going a little looser on the comp, but just a little.

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Comment posted by David E Lester on March 24, 2011 at 8:30 PM

Stunning for me...!!!

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on March 24, 2011 at 9:27 PM

Wow! Excellent colors, details and actions. Well done.

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Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 25, 2011 at 8:58 AM

Terrific !
Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on March 25, 2011 at 1:56 PM

I love the pose! I also really like the detail, the catchlight in his eye, and his colours! Great timing!

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 25, 2011 at 3:07 PM

this is excellent John! (also nice to see you here by the way

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love the pose, exposure and details here

Registered on March 22, 2011, 385 Posts, 2068 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on March 27, 2011 at 8:41 PM

Love everything about this John, it's a beautiful piece of work.
Would like to see it large..
Wish it was mine

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