Nature Square-tailed Kite

Square-tailed Kite · **5 Likes**

Circling around above my backyard:

Adam · 07-22-2016, 12:10 AM - **1 Like**

Looks like it was looking right you! Nice capture.

gelokrol · 07-22-2016, 05:19 AM - **1 Like**

amazing

**Ian.morgan** · 07-22-2016, 02:56 PM - **1 Like**

Lovely shot !

Pentigor · 07-23-2016, 07:40 AM

How did you get so much color on the bird while it is against the sky? Amazing.

Igor

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 07-23-2016, 03:05 PM

that is a wonderful image, thanks for showing us.

Rebootoz · 07-23-2016, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by Pentigor

How did you get so much color on the bird while it is against the sky? Amazing. Igor

Thanks Igor, I might have got a bit lucky - the camera was set to TAV and Spot-Metering, the ISO was automatically reduced to 100, but it may have been blinking indicating overexposure of the overall scene (I was only concentrating on the focus!). Highlights and Shadows were adjusted in Post Processing.

Cheers Ross

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Rebootoz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Queensland Photos: Albums Posts: 34 Original Poster	Originally posted by Pentigor How did you get so much color on the bird while it is against the sky? Amazing. Igor Thanks Igor, I might have got a bit lucky - the camera was set to TAV and Spot-Metering, the ISO was automatically reduced to 100, but it may have been blinking indicating overexposure of the overall scene (I was only concentrating on the focus!). Highlights and Shadows were adjusted in Post Processing. Cheers Ross Attached Images