More Kites

[AlfandBen]

Still limited opportunities locally but the kites are still around the nest area.

1) Watching over his / her mate



2) In flight shots have never been a strong point and the sky went a funny colour on conversion from raw. Could probably do with replacing but that's an exercise for another day.

[David_MC]

Beautiful shots, especially that 2nd one.

[AlfandBen]

Thanks David. I was quite pleased with them, although I would like the new eye tracking focus systems for the inflight shots.

[Isac]

Great images A&B. They glide along effortlessly to enable good shots on the wing and you've captured that well in #2. Messy background in #1 but adds to the story of their habitat and you got got great focus on the bird. With a good shadows a boost you can see the great colour and detail in the wing feathers.

[Isac]

You're lucky to have these around your home A&B. The adjustment was just a shadows lift which only affects the darks and a bit of dodge&burn. It's an edit I do with most of my overhead BIF shots, because the under wing is always in shadow.

[AlfandBen]

Thanks Isac. I've never really gotten into post processing but this is another I think it would be worth trying.

[Isac]

Hi A&B. You have Faststone Image Viewer, so you can use the "Adjust Lighting" feature (Ctrl + T) and bring up the shadows. It's a quick and easy way to do it.

[eaglem]

Intricate patterns and details highlight these Bird shots.

[AlfandBen]

Thanks eaglem

[wigz]

Nice shots. #1 is a bit cluttered but still a good sharp and colourful image of the bird.

#2 is also good with lovely light and excellent colour. The colour of the sky looks fine to me too.

[AlfandBen]

Thanks Alan.

The sky in #1 is the colour I was expecting in #2 but somehow during the conversion it became very saturated. I toned it down a bit before posting but it still looks a bit vivid to me. And it's also very bland being virtually one solid colour. (It just struck me that maybe it only looks like that on my monitor)