Female Kestrel

Taken at the Raptor Foundation, but of one of the local wild birds that very often comes down to investigate the captive birds!

Pops out the background which is a little fussy but cant do much about that, well done Andy

Almost looks 3D. Agree with Andy about the background but I'm sure you know birds rarely do what they are told

The bird is sharp and details are good. If this isn't already cropped, I would do so to lessen the impact of the background.

Yeah nice, looks a bit 3D as Maggie has said.

Ian

Nice shot Andy


Any minor nits already covered with regard to the background.

Thanks, folks. Shot @f3.5 - probably could have gone for f2.8 and kept the whole bird in whilst losing the background more. The Zuiko 300/2.8 is a stellar lens - just panning it on a gimbal is the only tricky thing!

Andy

Here's a tweaked version, slightly more contrast, softened background

This time with the image...