Mississippi Kite Mating

Gallery: AvianPosted May 27, 201579 views5 comments

I found these guys mating, which was great. However, as most of you probably know, Texas has had lots of rainy weather lately. So, the light was not very good. I struggled all day with balancing my ISO, shutter speed and aperture. The result was another high key looking image. I was just happy to capture the action. I hope the mating is still going on when the weather clears.

Processed using Lightroom 5 and Photoshop CC 2014. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 7D Mark II

Canon 200-400 f4 L IS

f4.0

1/400s

ISO 320

294mm

Comments

5 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 27, 2015 at 10:25 PM

Excellent job, Jerry. You're really been handling the gray skies well.

devil

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on May 28, 2015 at 9:56 AM

Wow, awesome image Jerry ! Love the colorsless BG: it makes the bird and their act stand out really well ! Must have been a thrill to take this one ! cool , greetings from The Netherlands, Hans

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 28, 2015 at 3:06 PM

Wonderful "make do" of a rare and difficult sight in adverse conditions! devil

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Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on May 28, 2015 at 7:52 PM

Well captured in very challenging conditions.

Keep dry and safe.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on May 28, 2015 at 8:21 PM

I especially like the males intense look with full wing spread Jerry, nice.

Excellent POV and detail/DOF, wish it was mine devil

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