Harrier mid-air interaction

[arash_hazeghi]

Two females were chasing each other for a while, in a split second, they started to dive and I was able to pull off a few frames before they drifted away. wish both were looking at the camera but the probability of that happening plus having sharp focus is slim :D Thought I'd share this, hope you like it

http://www.stanford.edu/%7Eahazeghi/Photos/birds/harrier%20interaction%20low.jpg

7D + 500f/4 + 1.4X TC f/5.6 1/2500sec ISO 400 sw:DPP

[Jeroen Wijnands]

Impressive. I've seen buzzards do this but never close enough to get a shot.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Nice action captured, I dont mind not seeing the face of the bird in front as it's pose adds a lot the other birds character.

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Awesome timing Arash and you did well with the flight pose of the harrier on top. Great to see this interaction and many thanks for sharing.

[Stu Bowie]

Arash, the poses work fine as they are. Eye contact from the one on top looking down, and the lower one showing the dorsal view. Good to have them both in focus. Well captured.

[Doug Brown]

Quick reflexes got you a cool interaction. As you mentioned, it's tough to get all the stars in alignment on an image like this. But you did quite well. I might boost the contrast a little.

[Stephen Earle]

The action makes up for the other things you mention. It works for me. TFS.

[david cramer]

These are difficult to get and you did fine here. I hope next time you can catch them both with eye contact.

[Bonnie Block]

Nice Arash, as you say, the chances of focus are slim in this situation--well done!