Eurasian Marsh Harrier Male

[ramesh anantharaman]

Canon EOS 40D, 500mm f/4 L IS, 1.4 x T.C.

1/100sec, iso - 250, f/8, 700mm

the lens was well rested on the car, hence i decided to go for a low shutter just to experiment, as the fellow was really still and cool.

[Steve Canuel]

Your experiment payed off. Excellent detail, beautiful color, and a beautiful portrait. Well done.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, sharpness and BG in this one. I could also see this as a vertical crop.

[Peter Farrell]

That bird is super sharp, fantastic detail and what a stare.
I am seeing a strange patern in the BG?
Peter

[Jim Crosswell]

Great eye contact in this close-up!

[Stu Bowie]

Excellent detail, and love the eye contact. Great BG too.

[Kiran Poonacha]

I too would love to see a vertical crop. But loved the details, eye contact and BG brother...

[Raymond Barlow]

very nice image, sweet details, and untra smooth bg., did you do any extra work to the bg?

[Kris Mortensen]

Killer image! Love the background and stare. The details are really sharp! Great shot for the shutter speed!