Curious Couple (Shikra Male and Female)

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Background cleaned
Nikon D500
F 8, ISO 1000, SS 1/640

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What a neat image. Both birds show good detail. An interesting perch. Great capture.
P.S. Curious as to the species.

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Jitin, This is a nice image of the two of them. As Allen said, good detail in both birds (I’m curious of the species too), as well as an interesting perch, placed nicely in the composition.

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It is Shikra Male nd female, also known as little banded goshawk

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It is Shikra Male nd female, also known as little banded goshawk

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Nice shot, and interesting to read it’s the same species (male and female). Crisp and good on the techs. Well done, cheers, Hans

Very nice pair of accipiters, and a good perch to show them off.

I’m curious about what you mean by “background cleaned?” Would you explain more on this?

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Excellent photo of this couple. Can I assume that as in bald eagles the smaller bird, with the red eyes is the male and the large with yellowish eyes is the female?

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To make it a clean perch I have removed clutter of branches

A very nice, detailed couples portrait, Jitin! The classic composition works great and I agree with others that both birds in focus is a big bonus.

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Nice catch of this pair. Interesting how different their eyes are. The front bird looks a little soft to me and I’d run noise reduction on the background. Still a nice image well composed.