Harrier

[Dave Leroy]

Taken at last light yesterday.
5DIII, ISO800, 700mm, f/6.3, 1/125. Cropped vertical from a horizontal.

[Maya Raut]

What a killer image Dave, Love the look back pose, BG and sharpness on this one..

-Maya

[Randy Stout]

Dave:

Sharp, well exposed, nice lookback pose, curving perch, curving grasses, and natural shape of bird, all work well together.

Nice vibrance too ()

Cheers

Randy

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Dave, very nice image! Agree with positive comments above.... well done and love that look back over the shoulder.

[arash_hazeghi]

nice pose and head turn, from the details it looks like a huge crop or maybe I'm wrong.

TFS one of my fav. raptors

[christopher galeski]

nice image,nice pose,like the BG,good perch.

[PhilCook]

Nice pose !....and light in the eye, I tend to feel the background a bit too vivid and competes for attention to the bird, but excellent score on this beauty

[Rachel Hollander]

Dave - really nice look back pose and placement in the frame. Well done.

TFS,
Rachel

[Sachin Saraf]

Loved that look back pose Dave BG looks nice and good that you got him on that perch..TFS

[Dave Leroy]

Thanks everyone for looking and commenting. The bg had a bit more light than the bird so i just let it go at that when I processed.

Arash thanks for mentioning the IQ. Original RAW file is 5760 x 3840 pixels and TIFF file is 2480 x 3719 with a small sliver off the top. It is always good to know how the pp'n looks. It is a big part of the process.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dave, well placed in the frame with a good look back pose. I like the DOF, good feather detail throughout, and I like the BG with a hint of grasses at the bottom.

[dankearl]

Nice perch and pose, Dave.
Pretty BG also, it looks like the NW, most people don't realize how GREEN it is here!

[J van Noordwyk]

Stunning pose,perch and good detail a verry good image allround.

Johan

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful portrait, great details and sharpness.

[Marina Scarr]

One of the best portraits of this species I have seen. Love the perch and the pose. The BG and the vegetation works well. I find the facial disk a bit bright on my monitor and with a little work you could bring out more details in that area.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks everyone for looking and commenting. The bg had a bit more light than the bird so i just let it go at that when I processed.

Arash thanks for mentioning the IQ. Original RAW file is 5760 x 3840 pixels and TIFF file is 2480 x 3719 with a small sliver off the top. It is always good to know how the pp'n looks. It is a big part of the process.

that's plenty of pixels. would sharpen it a bit less then...

[Karl Egressy]

Striking picture, Dave. Excellent pose, perch and background.