Northern Harrier Male

[Doug Brown]

The Northern Harrier male has to be one of my favorite raptors; gorgeous silver plumage and piercing yellow eyes.

http://birdwhisperer.smugmug.com/Animals/Birds/BPN/20080206-A4K1749-Northern/690562905_3qWEx-O.jpg

Canon 1D Mark III, 500mm + 1.4x, f/9, 1/1250, ISO 1000, manual exposure, hand held

[John Ippolito]

Doug, I really like the near head on capture of this beauty.I like the cooler colors of the bird against the warmer BG, and for me is a perfect example of where this bird does it's hunting. Very, very nice.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Doug....very nice capture indeed. I loved the inclusion of habitat and the colors....and the eye as well. One round of USM on the bird will help IMO.

KD

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Unusual bg with a beautiful pose/eye contact!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Great flight posture Doug, and I can see why you enjoy their eyes - definately striking. I would maybe take a bit off the top. Well captured.

[Tony Whitehead]

Exposure looks good. Pose is good with the wings creating a diagonal. Eye contact and BG lovely - looks cold! Agree on possibly a touch more sharpening to the head.

[Raymond Barlow]

superb image Doug, a great flight shot with awesome environment.

[Morkel Erasmus]

lovely pose, exposure, colours and BG Doug! I'm gonna go the other way and say a little more off the bottom (since it's flying up...)

[Dave Leroy]

I really like th soft muted colours of the bird and habitat. The inclusion of the tall, fall grasses and snow looks great. Nice job on the pose. A pretty bird. Dave

[Danny J Brown]

This is a real beauty Doug and I too find the nothern harrier to be a favorite. Its nice to see the background coming through to provide the habitat setting but not disturbing the image of the birdy. Gotta love the eye as well. Thanks.

[Bill Dix]

Love it. I've never seen a Northern Harrier image that captures as well as this the way he cruises low over his domain. And I personally like the comp as posted.

[Doug Brown]

Here's a repost with some additional sharpening.

[Harshad Barve]

killer pose and eye contact, repost is my choice
TFS

[Kiran Poonacha]

Killer one Doug, loved the incoming flight shot, great eye contact, details and the OOF tall grass adds very well here.

[david cramer]

A beauty, Doug. Very nice image, handheld, manuel exp with high iso.

[James Salywoda]

Great shot Doug especially getting this male Harrier showing its hunting environment I love this composition. Excellent Work!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good one Doug!

I liked the repost better.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Dan Brown]

Rockin shot Doug!

[Paul Lagasi]

Lovely looking photo of a male Harrier, background perfect for habitat..well done

[Kristin Brown]

Lovely shot Doug. Love the background in contrast to the colors of the bird. Great eye contact too. Nicely done...

[Jim Fenton]

Doug...

My favorite all time male harrier image.

[Declan Troy]

This is great, so nice to see some habitat in the shot. In an ideal world it would have been nice if some of the inflorescences had been situated so as not to be directly behind the wing but that is just a nit and more than one can hope for with a flying bird.

Now if this is a Northern Harrier why is it wearing Confederate gray?

[Doug Brown]

That's a big compliment Jim! Thanks!