Northern Harrier

[Joe Ford]

Female Northern Harrier/Marsh Hawk arrives for dinner. The main course is Common Merganser served on a bed of ice.

Canon 1DMkiii, 500 f4, 1.4 TC
1/3000 f`16 Manual Focus

Thanks for looking.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Nice wing position and nice timing,I would prefer a more uniform bg!

[Glenn Bartley]

Great pose! And pretty cool scene. The whole image is just a bit busy for me. Also looks a bit soft.

[Stu Bowie]

Great timing for the landing, showing the outspread wings. Although the BG is busy, we cant choose it.

[KurtPreston]

I'm gonna buck the trend on this ... although the BG reeds do cause me to lose just the slightest bit of attention to the harrier, I think this shot would have lost some visual appeal without the reeds. The light on the outstreached wings and the broken merganser quickly lead my eye back to the hawk. I like seeing the environment in this scene, it adds to the context.