Northern Harrier

[Rick Moran]

Doing a quick bank dive.
D2X w 600/4 and 14x.
f5.6@1/2500 sec
iso 320
EC -1/3 stop
Thanks for looking, Rick

http://slopoki1.smugmug.com/photos/683900688_LAUFk-L.jpg

[John Blumenkamp]

Awesome stuff Rick... love the action you've captured here. Very impressive. I also like the two tone aspect of the background.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent dive pose, I love the fanned tail and wing position. Would love to see this 1024 pixels wide so the plumage detail would be visible. Would also brighten the eye area a little bit, I am not sure if eye is visible in original RAW but harrier yellow eye is killer if you can bring it up! Looks like there were two oof strands between you and the bird, I would clone these out. There is also a hot pixel in the lower left corner, should be easy to remove.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful shot.

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful shot ,


Excellent dive pose, I love the fanned tail and wing position. Would love to see this 1024 pixels wide so the plumage detail would be visible. Would also brighten the eye area a little bit, I am not sure if eye is visible in original RAW but harrier yellow eye is killer if you can bring it up! Looks like there were two oof strands between you and the bird, I would clone these out. There is also a hot pixel in the lower left corner, should be easy to remove.

Thanks for sharing this beautiful shot.

Agreed with Arsah here
TFS

[Danny Laredo]

This is just super. Love the timing on the capture. Fantastic flight pose..

[Lance Peters]

Love the pose - fanned out tail and wings are just awesome.
Agree with Arash critique.
TFS