Merlin

[Jim Neiger]

I made this image in October when I visited New Jersy. I clipped about a 1/4 inch of the leading wing, so I added canvas and the missing little tip of wing. The weather in NJ was bad during my visit and the opportunities like this were few and far between. I spent an entire day sitting in camo near a decoy Owl waiting for birds like this one.

Southern NJ - 1D3, 500mm, hand held, 1/2500, F5, ISO 640, manual exposure

[Alfred Forns]

Love that spread tail !!! Sweet pose and head position !!!! Big Congrats !!!

[Maxis Gamez]

What a great pose and details Jim. Good job in photoshop.

[Sid Garige]

Full wing spread, perfect eye contact and excellent details. Excellent shot Jim.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome image Jim and wonderful wing spread showing off the stunning detail on the topside. The eye contact is superb too . Definitely worth waiting for !!!

[Fabs Forns]

Wonderful view of a life bird for me :)

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Nice shot Jim. Love to see the top side.
Szimi

[James Shadle]

Jimbo,
This is an outstanding image IMO.

Why? All of the tech stuff look good.
Placement in the frame is dead on and the feather detail of the full wing and tail feather spread puts this image over the top.

All of that being said, it is a little tight in the frame for my personal taste. What a wonderful problem!

James

[Gary Sargent]

Great shot. Love the position.

[Seetharam]

Looks great to me Jim. Wonderful pose!

[James Salywoda]

Super shot Jim!!!