Ready To Prey

Good detail and position. It appears to be a little over-sharpened, but it may have happened in the resizing. Hard to tell without a larger image.

Thanks Phil for nice comments

Nice composition. I like the little catch light in the eye and the way the sun is shining in it's face. Looks a bit dark under the wings, but that is to be expected from side/back lite subject.
f/18? was this bird that close that depth of field at 300mm was a concern?

Thanks Joel for your appreciation but I can't understand about your concern of F18 on 300.

The top light is hurting the image a a bit. Good catchlight in the eye.

Manjot,

No concern, just a question.
Usually when I photograph birds, I'm looking for all the shutter speed I can get, to freeze motion and maintain a sharp shot. Depth of field is rarely a problem unless the subject is very close.
You chose a rather small aperture of f/18 and a rather slow shutter speed of 1/100s.
I was just wondering if you had a specific reason.

Manjot,
This is a good capture and with all good captures, it could be better. The main thing I see here is the darkness under the wings. This is a problem due to the overhead lighting. We all “Hope for the Best” in a situation as this when the action is hot and heavy and not expected. I agree that a smaller aperture setting would result in a better capture for this kind of action. The worst part of not getting an outstanding action photo exactly right the first time, is the concern of; 'Will you every get this opportunity again'. If you are serious and lucky, you always will . . . Nice Post, and of a species we don't see in the US.

Thanks Joel for elaborate the same yes I mostly used high speed with big aperture specially flying birds In this situation I thought the light was very harsh and bird was too dark and bird also on above my head and lens approx in front of sun and I want to light come less and get maximum details from too dark subject against harsh light so I did. otherwise I shot mostly shot at f/5.6 to f8 for flying birds