Fly in - meal for one

[Steve Kaluski]

• Steve Kaluski
• www.untamedimages.co.uk
• Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.5.1 (Macintosh)

Subject: Kestrel Juvenile (Falco tinnunculus)
Camera: Canon EOS R3
Lens: EF 300mm F/2.8 IS USM II 1.4 MKIII
Exposure: 1/6400 at f/8 ISO8000
Original format:Landscape, almost FF

Will, junior is growing fast and lookout a Crow the other day, the other two females are also developing in leaps & bounds.

All Raw captures perfectly exposed, confirmed by Raw Digger

Thanks to those who viewed or posted a comment on the previous image

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Wow just about ideal DOF, silky smooth light, great timing to catch the action.
Personally I would give a little bit more punch to the subject, I appreciate you will disagree..... just a matter or personal choice for me.

 

[Steve Kaluski]

Wow just about ideal DOF, silky smooth light, great timing to catch the action.

Cheers Jon, that's what you get with Prime lenses and the old EF style, they work seamlessly with the new Mirrorless bodies, albeit a fraction of the costs of new RF Prime lenses.

Personally I would give a little bit more punch to the subject, I appreciate you will disagree..... just a matter or personal choice for me.

Indeed :bg3:, mainly because what you see and I see will be totally different, mainly through monitor set-up/environment , (well within some tolerance), but also the juveniles are not as saturated as the adults. However saying that, the light can also play a role in this, but appreciate the thought.

 

[William Dickson]

I like this. My kinda shot. They sure are growing and learning fast. I really like the flight pose, I even like the fact that the talons are partially hidden behind the primaries. Brings depth. Again lovely feather detail. The facial expression is good. You've put me in the mood now to start processing some more of my Kes images, still got over 100 keepers :S3:

Will

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Steve - I forgot it wa a juvenile - so it would be less intense colouration - my mistake.

 

[Steve Kaluski]

Cheers Will, just tracked it and shot away, so I just picked the file from the sequence, thought it was different, plus you can see the eye and as you you mentioned, the 'ice pick talons.'

You've put me in the mood now to start processing some more of my Kes images, still got over 100 keepers

Great, process and post away, be good to get a different POV/thinking. :cheers:

 

[Steve Kaluski]

Steve - I forgot it wa a juvenile - so it would be less intense colouration - my mistake.

Jon, no mistake, perhaps it could do with a tad more oomph???? :S3:

 

[arash_hazeghi]

nice landing on prey, was the unfortunate vole already dead? agree with giving a bit more saturation.

TFS

 

[Steve Kaluski]

Baited Arash, first time I didn’t add it.

 

[arash_hazeghi]

Baited Arash, first time I didn’t add it.

pretty good bait, looks natural!

 

[Steve Kaluski]

They are a breeding pair that I have been photographing for almost a year Arash. Because it’s a photography location, it has meant, birds get feed, ‘photographers’ get shots and this has created three new Kestrels, two female, one male this year.

Will D has also been using this location too.