*Common Kestrel (male)

Critiques [Translate]

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• Alex99 (14147)
• [2008-04-13 8:08]

Hi Thorsten.
I like your way to work. It gifts you amazing subjects for shooting. Excellent picture of the fine bird. I like its simply and very impressive subject, excellent DOF and details of the image, nice sunlight and rich pleasant colours. Composition of the shot is perfect too. Well done and TFS.
Alexei.

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• lawbert (0)
• [2008-04-13 8:16]

Hello Thorsten
Raptors are always a special capture for me and this is no exception..The details are very good even with the crop..The light is fantastic and really highlights what wonderful birds Kestrels are..Mostly they are seen as a hovering silhouette.
Your inflight shot is also very good and worthy of a post of its own.
Best Regards
Paul

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• goldyrs (4118)
• [2008-04-13 8:21]

An excellent shot, Thorsten...This is the first time I'm looking at your work and I'm very inspired by it...
Very well done, you've brought out such fine details of this beautiful bird that one fells one can touch it, or that if we do something, it might fly away, if you know what I mean.
TFS!
Cheers!
Goldy

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• vanderschelden (25361)
• [2008-04-13 9:20]

Hi Thorsten,

Very good work. POV, DOF, compo, etc. are excellent.
Well done
TFS
Annick

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• pekkavalo1 (2935)
• [2008-04-13 9:25]

Hi Thorsten,

Very beautiful capture of Kestrel. Nice composition, pose and colours. Pin sharp details.

TFS

Pekka

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• rightway (323)
• [2008-04-13 9:36]

Hi Thorsten,
Very nice capture. Great sharpness and details.
TFS
Wei

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• Miss_Piggy (2891)
• [2008-04-13 9:50]

Hallo Thorsten
What a wonderful shot. You have managed to capture this beautiful kestrel in a lovely pose, displaying the feathers on the chest and the feathers on the back well. The patterns on the plumage are displayed with great clarity. The bird looks very interested in something at the surface, maybe some prey to eat? Thanks for sharing this majestic bird with us. A beautiful perspective, with sharp details and focus. The clarity of the eyes and paws is very impressive. The light blue background highlight the different colours of the plumage to a great extent. Thanks for sharing, and have an enjoyable day.
Best regards
Anna

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• manyee (19542)
• [2008-04-13 11:50]

HI Thorsten,
That IS a beautiful kestrel.
The light on him is just perfect.
Great composition.
Not the sharpest details, but the gift of that opportunity more than makes up for that. : )
TFS. : )

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• Proframe (4052)
• [2008-04-13 12:05]

Hello Thorsten,

What a beautiful image of this lovely male Kestrel you are showing us here.
Excellent composition and exposure.
Most wonderful feather details, colors and soft warm light.
Love the catchlight in the eye and the pose of the bird very much.
Perfect how the Kestrel does stand out against the soft blue color tone of the sky.
Superb work and great note also.
TFS!!!

Warm regards,

Harry

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• PeterZ (7181)
• [2008-04-13 12:41]

Hello Thorsten,
What a beauties!: the Kestrel and the photo as a whole. But I would like to see the photo in one image. The length of 800 is too much. 650 should be better, I think.
But the photo is excellent. Perfect clear colours and fantastic sharpness in a very good composition. Excellent DOF, pose and POV.
Regards,
Peter

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• SchwebagMike (425)
• [2008-04-14 4:40]

Hallo Thorsten,
Ein super Foto dieses Turmfalken! Auch den Foto im Flug ist sehr gut gelungen :-) Beide sind sehr scharf und detailreich mit super Farben.
Auch der Bildaufbau des Fotos gefällt mir sehr gut, da es ein den hochoben alles überblickenden Falken in einer typischen Verhaltensweise zeigt.
LG aus Luxemburg, Mike

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• horia (11994)
• [2008-04-14 7:21]
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Hi Thor

Nice to see you again, old friend. Hope you are well :)
These two shots of this beautiful kestrel are definitely worth showing and did good to post them.
Indeed that low and warm light on the suject is very special and it surely brings a certain something extra for the image. Due to that, the colors are superbly saturated and the kestrel stand out so well from the branches and the beautiful blue sky in the BG.
Perhaps a quick run through NeatImage just to remove some noise, but this is really less relevant. Very well done!

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2008-04-15 10:50]

Hallo Thorsten,
gut dass du uns den nicht vorenthalten hast. Den hast du doch klasse festgehalten, die Details sind scharf und ein schoenes warmes Licht bringen die Details so richtig zur Geltung.
Die Bildgestaltung und die Platzierung deines Models sieht prima aus.
Gruss..Sky

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• loot (8839)
• [2008-04-16 12:14]

Hi Thorsten

Those branches almost seem like a throne reaching up to present this lovely bird into the photo. The simplicity of the shot, the sky, the Kestrel, and the twigs, actually makes this stunning shot even more successful.

The vertical composition worked well and the additional space provided in front of the bird really gives it ample freedom to take-off of move into. The wonderful patterns of the plumage were well captured with good details and spot-on exposure management.

Well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• Tamrock (3647)
• [2008-04-22 8:17]

hi thorsten!
this is a real beauty!
nice one with good composition
and fine exposure!
well done!

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• inked (634)
• [2008-05-08 20:00]

hi Thorsten,
great shot of this kestrel. fantastic looking bird that you've managed to capture in a great pose, with nice lighting. well exposed with great detail. very nice composition too. great work, tfs
Gethin

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• takos1 (2569)
• [2008-05-12 23:17]

Ciao Thorsten,
bellissima questa foto di falco!
Bellissimi i colori ed i particolari, bravo!

Grazie.
Franco