harrier # 2

[Enrique Patino]

this is the same bird I posted the other day - better light, worse perch.. ;)

comments and feedback welcome. hope you like it


7D2, 700mm, 1/2000@ f/6.3, ISO 800, HH. cropped from horizontal. added canvas on top.

[John Robinson]

Enrique- Looks good to me and I love the vegetation in the background and the graduated higher section. Pity about the ring !! (Purely personal thing- don't agree with it. but its a long story)
Good stuff.
John

[Grace Scalzo]

Enrique, I find this image to be extremely pleasing. Great bird, light, background, habitat. (I am fine with the perch, nicely weathered, even if man-made). Techs look great. Of course I wish that the band wasn't there.

[Karl Egressy]

Nice shot, Enrique. Love the pose and background. Very pleasing image, with the exception of band on the leg.

[Richard Flack]

Lovely image Enrrique, super composition and stunning background. I am a big fan of harriers and this image shows him off very nicely. (I am with John and Karl regarding the band)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Beautiful shot lovely pose and high quality, the ring is inconsequential to me - some birds have them some don't.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice portrait Enrique, you were lucky he let you get close. I don't mind the band and the fact that the perch is a bit weathered makes up for it being man made. If mine I would clone the nails on the perch though

well done TFS

[gail bisson]

A beautiful image.
I really like the color palette here.
IQ and light are topnotch and even the man made perch is pretty. Comp is spot on to my eye.
My only wish was that the band wasn't there.
Gail

[Diane Miller]

Simply gorgeous! I'd be tempted to include just a little more canvas on the right, because the grasses are so pretty. (So is the bird, so they complement rather than compete.)

I love the weathered perch, with perfect color. It's probably not vertical and the bird probably is, but I'd be tempted to see how it looks with a little CW rotation.

[keith mitchell]

The one legged relaxed pose does it for me, excellent image.

Keith.

[David Salem]

If you are not apposed to cloning then take out the band and the two screws and you got yourself a killer frame of a male harrier. Not easy to get one sitting like this so well done

[Sidharth Kodikal]

This is a stunning image Enrique! Just love the soft light, the beautiful bg and the vegetation included. Excellent details and the perch has more than enough character to not detract. Superb!

[Enrique Patino]

Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Yes, I was lucky to find such a cooperative bird given its reputation for being skittish. Too bad the light was in and out.

The perch and the band for me reflect contact with humans. This bird inhabits an area with direct and heavy human influence and it itself has had direct contact with humans to get banded... so, perfect? no! but it tells a story.

[Loi Nguyen]

Lovely portrait in good light and habitat. I don't mind the band and I'm OK with the perch too. Loi

[shane shacaluga]

I like the pastel grays and the contrasting yellow eye and tarsi

IQ and BG very good and I dont mind the band that much. Agree with Arash on the nails but thats personal choice I suppose

TFS