Low light harrier

[Sidharth Kodikal]

A very memorable encounter with this female Northern Harrier in SoCal with David Salem.
Very low light, and it shows, but this is the closest I've been to a harrier - what a great and memorable experience for me. Thanks Dave! I'll be back for more soon, hopefully in better light :S3:

Cropped from left and right from FF shot horizontal
NR on BG and light NR on the bird too.

Canon 1D4, 700mm
1/500, f 5.6, ISO 4000
HH, manual

Many thanks for all your helpful critiques.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Excellent capture, Sidharth. A perfect display of the dorsal side, and head position. I like the low light quality and warmth. Well done.



Geoffrey

[Bill Dix]

Very nicely done under tough conditions, Sid. Love the pose and head turn.

[Stuart Laughton]

Don't apologize. For me it's the quality of the light that makes it. I love it.

[dankearl]

I love the light here Sid, the IQ looks very good to me especially the bird.
The BG has a terrific color and with a bit more NR (something like Topaz), one would never notice
the high iso.
It look great as is…..

[Frank Schauf]

Nice in flight pose, good capture.

[Tobie Schalkwyk]

Great photo, Sidharth! Don't know how you've managed this POV but the perception is that you've done it from above the bird - it works for me! Nice eye contact too! :5

[Petros Petrou]

Very good flight image. It is quite tough to get close to these guys. I like the dorsal view and the clean complementing BG. Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent top side view and you handled the high ISO nicely!

[keith mitchell]

Maybe low light but you have certainly finished with a fine looking image, I would be thrilled to bits if it was mine.

[gail bisson]

What I like the best about this image is the NOT blown white tail feathers.
The light was your friend here.
Love the top down view on this raptor,
Gail

[Satish Ranadive]

Spectacular image with wonderful dorsal wings view, nice HA, beautiful colour pallet and composition.

Regards,
Satish.

[christopher galeski]

nice capture,love the BG,nice flight pose and detail.

[Grace Scalzo]

Beautiful bird and composition, Sid. Love the colors in this frame. Terrific work.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Sid, one would never know this was captured in low light, and an outstanding result with that ISO - great work. I love the banking angle showing the dorsal view, and the BG compliments the harrier so well. Well captured.

[David Salem]

Way late to the party Sid, been out of town and didnt see this one. That was a cool encounter you had as this Harrier flew close laps around you. Too bad it wasn't 15 min earlier but looks like you made the most of it with a few great looking posts. Looks great and the high IOS isnt even seen in this nice frame. Hope you can make it back out this season. Take care.