Merlin with prey

[Binu John]

1DX + 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4X
f/7.1, 1/500, ISO-1600
All C&C welcome!

[Marina Scarr]

What an impressive frame!! Great color palette all around and amazing behavior captured. Love that dead one stare!

[keith mitchell]

Binu ,clean crisp and sharp it's got the lot, text book b/g you must be very pleased with this.

Keith.

[Ian Wilson]

Beautiful work Binu. Are you able to identify the prey? Regards, Ian

[John Robinson]

Nice one Binu
Interesting prey too. A little bit of something in the back would lift it for me but thats just me. Great shot whatever.
John

[Joseph Przybyla]

Lovely image Binu, thank you for sharing.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Terrific image Binu. Great eye contact, prey item adds interest and nice BG.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Binu, excellent light and IQ, and you certainly captured the attention of the Merlin. Killer BG too.

[Binu John]

Thanks everyone

Thanks Ian! It's a Say's Phoebe.

Beautiful work Binu. Are you able to identify the prey? Regards, Ian

[Enrique Patino]

Great shot. I've never been able to capture an image of this species. Well done

[William Dickson]

Excellent Binu. All been said above, my best bit is the face Great work

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Just amazing, Binu. About as good as it gets. Congrats!

[David Salem]

Another great encounter with this beautiful male merlin, also known as a Jack. The head on stare is great and I really like the smooth tan BG and the good look at the feet of both the merlin and the phoebe.
Looks like a Black Phoebe from here? Wish I had this in my files also. You are killing me Binu!!

[sasan nejadi]

Great shot .....and Lovely image

[shane shacaluga]

Lovely one! side on body with straight look works great for me. Perch and BG is also very nice and IQ is spectacular

I am seeing a hint of green on this one but it could be my work monitor.

TFS

[Binu John]

Thanks again everyone!

Thanks David! You are right, it's a Black Phoebe. I knew it, but didn't notice that I wrote Say's Phoebe until you pointed it out!!

Another great encounter with this beautiful male merlin, also known as a Jack. The head on stare is great and I really like the smooth tan BG and the good look at the feet of both the merlin and the phoebe.
Looks like a Black Phoebe from here? Wish I had this in my files also. You are killing me Binu!!

[arash_hazeghi]

this is just awesome, well done

[Arthur Morris]

Binu, Are you still around? artie