Upland buzzard welcomes Beijing's first snow

[Gerald Gardebled]

Very early and unusual snow for Beijing at this time of the year. Photo taken in Miyun Reservoir. Taken from the car with bean bag. We both had a look at each other for about 20 minutes before it decided to take off.


Nikon D4S and Nikkor 600F4 VR
Exposure: 1/2500 sec. at f/5.0
ISO 640

[dankearl]

Nice environment, hawk is sharp and I really like seeing a photo from Beijing.....

[Jonathan Ashton]

Good shot lovely colours exposure and focus, the all important eye is very clear.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Really neat take off image, and I'm liking the early winter scene and habitat. Good BG, with the blues adding nicely to the warm tones. You could eliminate the longer oof dark grass in front of the subject without impacting the finish, and there is what looks like a dust bunny nearing the upper left corner.

[Gerald Gardebled]

thanks to all for the comments!

[gail bisson]

Nice takeoff image.We don't see many images from China so nice to see the environment portrayed.
I could see a crop where the buzzard is moved a little bit more to the right in the frame,
Gail

[Marina Scarr]

Great having an image from Beijing. Love the snow and the layered look. Environment works great here. I could see moving the bird a tad to the right by cropping the image a bit from the right.

[Gerald Gardebled]

Thanks again to all for the comments!