Red Kite

Gallery: AvianPosted March 20, 201197 views3 comments

A Red Kite photographed a few years ago at Gigrin Farm Kite feeding station in Mid-Wales, UK.

The camera I had then had a very slow frame rate so I found it better to just take single photos, one pass, one click, one photo, usually ending up in the bin lol.
This is one of the few I kept.

Konica/Minolta Dynax 7D
Sigma 50-500
1/1000th
f6.3
ISO 200
+0.3 stop exposure compensation
500mm
Hand held
I cloned out a numbered tag off the front of one wing, yeah, I know some would call that cheating but I prefer the shot without it, let's call it artistic license

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Sally King on March 20, 2011 at 4:40 PM

I like the way you have placed him across the frame. I like the open mouth and good eye contact too.

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on March 20, 2011 at 6:24 PM

Nice action! Like the head-on view.

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Comment posted by richard remington on March 20, 2011 at 7:35 PM

Geoffrey,

I really like this shot. It appears razor thin in the photo and the eye contact is really nice.

Rick

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