Grey Ghost on Coot

Dave Salem and I were out shooting this weekend and came across this adult male Harrier a fairly uncommon occurrence. We usually see all female birds with a rare flyby of a male. This guy gave us hundreds of frames while eating this coot. Thanks for looking, all CC's welcome. D5 600mm with 1.4 tc, 1/2500 sec, ISO 640, F 7.1 shot out of car window. We did have a problem with heat shimmer giving us several soft images.

Glenn, awesome shot of this rarity here in So. CA, wish I was with you guys. nice and sharp, great catch light and nice BG.

-Tim

drooling and keeping my fingers crossed for shooting down there, hope he sticks around

Glenn
This is just spectacular. He cruised past last week a couple of times when I was there last week.. He looks much more beautiful than the description 'THE GREY GHOST'
No heat shimmer in this one. David and you have got a great set up going down there. Ian

Excellent image of handsome raptor. Very nice low shooting angle. Great show.

Regards,
Satish.

Excellent work Glenn, all the tech boxes ticked nicely and great shooting angle, good head turn and a bit of environment to boot. Whats not to like?

Mike

Lovely shot of a bird that is quite hard to capture. And getting with prey takes this over the top. Image quality and exposure is excellent. My only critique is that above the tail and touching the wing there seems to be some flower material that is floating there. Not sure if you left it when doing some cloning or what. Anyway its an easy fix for an otherwise excellent shot.

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. The greys are beautiful

Will

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Originally Posted by Ian McLachlan

Glenn
This is just spectacular. He cruised past last week a couple of times when I was there last week.. He looks much more beautiful than the description 'THE GREY GHOST'
No heat shimmer in this one. David and you have got a great set up going down there. Ian

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It was nice meeting you Ian, hope to see you post some of those great images you captured on your recent visit.

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Originally Posted by Isaac Grant

Lovely shot of a bird that is quite hard to capture. And getting with prey takes this over the top. Image quality and exposure is excellent. My only critique is that above the tail and touching the wing there seems to be some flower material that is floating there. Not sure if you left it when doing some cloning or what. Anyway its an easy fix for an otherwise excellent shot.

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Good eye Isaac thanks for the critique

Thanks everyone for your comments

What a great opportunity we had with this guy. You and I've been running around there for years and never came close to a nice sighting like this so I know we're both really happy with our images. The nice profile pose, killer details and blue background really make these shots awesome. You gotta be in it to win it!! See you soon for the next adventure.

Excellent image Glenn! I like the IQ, details, setting, composition and prey.