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Brahminy Kite IV


Brahminy Kite IV
Photo Information
Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 631 W: 42 N: 1160] (3748)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-29
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon 400mm 2.8 IS USM, SanDisk Extr. IV 2Gb
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/500 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): CeltickRanger's favorite Bird of Prey photos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-29 20:58
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Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I spent most of the day down at the Port of Brisbane yesterday with my wife, and for a while it seemed all very quite as is sometimes the case when waiting around for something to shoot, when suddenly things started to happen, one of my favorite raptors the Brahminy Kite appeared.

It sat perched high in this dead tree for a while just staring at the mangrove lake area, when it suddenly swooped down grabbed a fish and went back to another tree for a feed, an amazing site to see.

I have posted a couple of shot’s of these birds of prey before so please see the previous posting for the details.

Details, Shot Raw converted to Jpeg, Cropped and re-sized sharpened slightly for posting.

File Name IMG_0183.JPG
Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Shooting Date/Time 29/06/2008 9:43:45 AM
Shooting Mode Shutter-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500
Av( Aperture Value ) 13.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 320
Lens EF400mm f/2.8L IS USM
Focal Length 400.0 mm
Image Size 611x800
Image Quality Superfine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF
Picture Style Neutral
Sharpness 6
Contrast 2
Saturation 1
Color tone 1
Color Space sRGB
Long exposure noise reduction 2: Enable
High ISO speed noise reduction 1: Enable
Highlight tone priority 0: Disable
File Size 71 KB
Drive Mode Low-speed continuous shooting
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Very nice shot, although i would expect a much close up toward the eagle. DOF is great.
TFS

Kean

Hi Richards,
very nice and clear shot of this beautiful raptor.
regards
Pierre

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2358 W: 61 N: 3827] (12286)
  • [2008-06-29 23:08]

Hi Rick,
The kite looks lovely against the blue sky. Good POV and composition. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 353 W: 3 N: 376] (1127)
  • [2008-06-29 23:36]

Hi Richard,
Beauiful capture.POV,colors,details and composition are perfect.Very well done!
Thanks for posting.

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1032 W: 26 N: 3016] (10874)
  • [2008-06-30 0:50]

Hi Rick,
very well composed shot with excellent detail and vivid colour - your waiting around really paid off here, well done mate.
tfs
Paul

Hi Richard,
Very nice capture with good colors, excellent POV and composition
well done
TFS
Jean-Michel

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3455 W: 144 N: 5911] (17514)
  • [2008-06-30 1:34]

WOW! I bet your were thrilled when your friend here arrived. Brahminy Kite - I've not seen or heard of one in NZ. It must be too far for him to reach NZ, and there's enough for him in Australia to feed on.

It's a good capture Richard - he looks so regal sitting up there on the tree. Well done
Janice

Hello Richard,
beautiful shot and very nice composition having great pov,perfect sharpness and lovely colours,
very well done,
TFS

Hello Richard,
Very beautiful photo of this Brahminy Kite. The light and colours are excellent. Very good sharpness and details. Good POV, composition and DOF.
Regards,
Peter

Hi Rick
The detail in the feathers, particularly the white ones has really been well captured. He really is a beautiful bird and you have done a great job here against the blue sky. I did see two flying over the containers when I went down to the Port the other weekend but I certainly didnt have your patience to wait for them to go back to their resting spots. TFS this one, certainly never get sick of seeing this amazing guy.
Cheers
Sue

hello Richard

what superb shot of this wonderful bird of prey, very fine POV
and appropriate to the image vertical framing, great contrast,
sharpness and details, TFS

Asbed

Rick,

Awesome work mate. I really like the way you composed this shot. Even though this bird is not zoomed in as usual, the composition with the dead tree branches works really well here. Everything works just the way it should here - great work Rick.

Best Regards,

Martin

Why are they called Brahminy, Rick?I wonder!
A lovely shot, my friend!
Goldy

Colors and comp. perfect , beautiful raptor photo , TFS .

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