Montagu's Harrier Male

[Clement Francis]

http://www.clementfrancis.com/naturescapes/MontMale-bpn.JPG

Place: Little Rann of Kutch, India. Jan 2009
Canon 30D with Canon 500mm f4 lens, ISO 1000, f8 , 1/60shutters.

[Harshad Barve]

Superb exposure , details and subject , Beautiful eye contact and slightly away HA would have been ideal to avoid merging of beak but that do not bother me much, BG is killer
If mine I may add some space in front and sliver on top
TFS

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the sharpness, eye contact and soft light and would give it a bit more room top and left.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice looking raptor. I also like the dry cracked mud floor its perched on. I agree with bill tip merging on body, and I find the dark (OOF?) area close to hidden eye a bit distracting (was something there in the BG that you removed?). I love the long dark swooping primaries and tail feathers.

[Brian Barcelos]

Wow Clemente, great job with this beautiful species. Plenty of detail and his eye brings you in. Agree also with more room top and left. Congrats

[Kiran Poonacha]

All said above, I loved the details and the broken ground adds well to this beautiful image anna...

[Stu Bowie]

Good feather detail, with lovely soft light. I like that eye, and feel the space on top is fine.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Clement, wonderful shot as usual. In your raptor photos, the eyes always look very good. Is there something special you do?

KD

[Raymond Barlow]

I really like the environment Clement, fantastic shot.,

[Danny J Brown]

Clement - the last, but not least, harrier I've looked at this afternoon. The sharpness and eye clarity separate the bird from the dried-mud background in a way that makes this image different from others I've seen. I've never seen this bird before. Thanks for that as well.

[James Salywoda]

Clement this is such a beauty of a bird great pose and details.