Northern Harrier

This is from a few days ago. Lighting is not ideal, but I liked the habitat part of photo with the bird. I am still trying to see how the new monitor looks. 50d, 500mm f/4 at 5.6, 1/750 and ISO400. Some cropping and the usual pp.n Tks for comments, Dave

I agree about the habitat and the bird, i really like this photo,i feel the bird is in the right spot in the frame too.

Thanks Casey. I appreciate your comments. Dave

Dave, bird is nice and sharp, I like the wing position and the complimentary colours. Still haven't got close enough to one of these to even attempt a shot.

Thanks Roy. I often head out to Brunswick Point. Lately there have been a half dozen or so flying around. You'll need rubbers though if you want to step off the dyke, which I do. Lots of rain and high daytime tides can make it pretty wet. Any cloud cover really makes it tough to get any shutter speed right now though. Dave

gorgeous picture. You are making me jealous. I have been trying since August trying to obtain a decent picture of a harrier