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Kestrel Hovering
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Kestrel Hovering

by Adam Mulcahy

Gallery: AvianPosted February 24, 201397 views1 comments
Shot with Nikon D300,
sigma 150-500mm @500mm,
F6.5,
1/2000,
ISO 400,
Thanks for looking and commenting. :smile:

Comments

1 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 24, 2013 at 6:26 PM
Welcome, Alan. It's always nice to catch a Kestrel hovering. I like the blown up feathers on the tops of the wings. The bird seems just a bit soft-you might try a little bit of sharpening of the bird, though the bg seems to have some noise at the same time, so I would apply any sharpening to just the bird. I'm not sure about the composition. I like the idea of including the ground to anchor the image and provide perspective, but it seems like there's more empty space between than really works well, so I'd be tempted to crop from the bottom a fair distance up and just let the ground disappear.

Keep the images coming.

:toast:
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