Grey Ghost - Coming at You!

[Jim Neiger]

Point Reyes, CA - 1DX, 600mm+1.4xTC, hand held, 1/1000, F5.6, ISO 800, manual exposure

This is another image from my summer road trip. I got several good frames of this male Northern Harrier as he hunted over a nearby field. I got this one when he turned and came right at me. I clipped the upper wing tip, so I added canvas on top and a little bit of wing tip. I also removed an oof partial fence post in the lower right corner. The image was cropped from horizontal.

[Ian Wilson]

Beautiful work Jim. Technically superb, great background in harmony with the subject and the intensity of the moment well captured. Regards, Ian

[David Salem]

Great looking frame Jim. Love the sideways pose and the good eye contact and the nice look at the underside of the tail. Techs look right on and I really like the changing BG colors. Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent dynamic pose Jim. love the eye contact, you were really lucky to see a make harrier in Point Reyes.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Awesome image, great dynamism and HA with superb eye contact!

[Jonathan Ashton]

Absolutely superb, gorgeous colours and great pose/eye contact. Wonderful background colours too!

[Marina Scarr]

Killer flight pose and your BG is stunning and shows off your bird beautifully. Love seeing those piercing eyes and the underside of the tail.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Fantastic pose, the processing repair job was well worth it. Excellent comp, BG looks great.