Kestrel

[William Dickson]

Canon R6
f/4 400mm DO Mk2 at 560mm
f/5.6
1/4000
ISO 6400

Another one from the Kestrel set up. Gimbal Head, from a hide. ACR, PS and Topaz DN.

Will

• Adobe Photoshop 2025 Macintosh

 

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hey Will ... a ballerina can´t look more elegant than this pose , a killer peach of an image ... very well captured .
And the facial expression is priceless ... super cool .
I would prefer a classical crop 3x2 over the boxy one you haven chosen ...
Details , tones and sharpness do look good .
Not too fuzzed about the reddish /magenta cast across the board , might be just not so obvious , for me it's evident across all colors .

WOW ... super work Will

TFS Andreas

 

[Kasra Haghgou]

This is incredibly beautiful Will... , with an amazing incoming pose and excellent eye contact with interesting colors. Congratulations!

 

[Jonathan Ashton]

Super shot Will, the colours look a little off the mark to me - sort of orangey. Other than that spot on great pose and really sharp.

 

[Daniel Cadieux]

Wow, very nice Will! I'm OK with the square crop here, but I'd have preferred the bird a touch higher in the frame. The colours seem good from my end. Awesome straight on look - the expression is so good!

 

[Ray Rozema]

Fantastic expression/eye contact. I don't see the the color cast

 

[Jason Bugay Reyes]

Excellent shot!

 

[Ian McLachlan]

Wonderful Will . She's looking right through that great 400 old! DO MK 2 into the viewers eyes. Everything sharp ,gorgeous bird ,.great B/G And a full crop.

 

[William Dickson]

Thanks for the comments guys. Much appreciated.

Will

 

[Phill Luckhurst]

Love the shot, lighting, pose and action. Unfortunately I see the telltales of Topaz. It does odd things to the details in the bird that once seen stand out like a sore thumb. If you have the latest ACR/Lightroom then maybe give its Denoise AI a go instead and see the difference.

 

[Gerald Kelberg]

Hi Will, This is a real gobsmacker! Very beautiful image with a great pose and fabulous detail on the Kestrel. Love the expression!

Very well done. Thanks for sharing.


Gerald