Northern Harrier

[Rick Moran]

Taking in a farm field. D2X w 600/4. f4@1/4000 sec, iso 320, EC 0
Thanks for looking, Rick

http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/photos/682116578_WkaPz-L.jpg

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

One of the most want-to-see birds of my list!

Love the wide spread wings and eye contact. Lovely light too.

The square compo does not work for me, may be 3:2 ratio for this one, just my taste.
I believe this one needs a little more sharpening.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

May be something like this, IMO.

[Michael Stern]

Rick,
VERY nice image...I kind of agree with the 3:2 ratio thing other than that a tough bird to photo and you did a wonderful job! Congrats...
Mike

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent full wingspan pose and eye contact. The repost with more sharpening and off-center 3:2 AR def an improvement.

[Daniel Belasco]

Beautiful light. Nice background.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely photo and nice to see the full wing sapn with minimal shadows. Well done. I also prefer the repost witht he additional sharpening. Colours look very good. Dave

[Stu Bowie]

I like the angle of flight, with great eye contact. Great sighting and capture. Juan's repost works well.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Awesome pose and light. I really prefer the rectangular crop too. Congrats! :)

[Harshad Barve]

lovely wing pose and exposure
Repost looks better
TFS

[david cramer]

Beautiful pose and light. The "old" D2x just has a few images left in her.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Rick,
Nice advice given above and Juan re-post does improve it a bit. I would also offer that this would work as a vert also....as I like tight vert crops at this angle. Nice job capturing the bank in sweet light.

[Rick Moran]

Thanks Juan, I will heed your advice
Rick