Female Merlin

[arash_hazeghi]

This is another frame of the female Merlin I photographed with my buddy Dave Salem in SoCal last year. She was posing for us!

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1D-X with 600 II. ISO 1000. f/4.5 at 1/3200sec. hand held from truck. processed with DPP 4.15 hope you like it

[Frank Schauf]

Nice shot and great complementary background.Nice shot and great complementary background, Arash.

[keith mitchell]

Arash this bird must be very close to perfect, love the pose perch and Bg.

Keith.

[christopher galeski]

One word,Qualty,great pose,nice BG,sharp with good detail.

[gail bisson]

Excellent! I love the wing stretch pose.
Gail

[Karl Egressy]

Nice stretching pose against complimenting smooth background.

[Joe Subolefsky]

WoW that bird is so cool looking with the wings pulled like that. I would be tempted to take a little off the top of the frame just to make the bird more off center.

[Robert Kimbrell]

Beautiful image, Excellent exposure and background.

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image Arash! I like the pose, details, exposure, IQ and BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everyone