Theme-male northern harrier

[Bob Smith]

This fellow was very aggressive in defending his territory, often diving within feet of my head. 7DII,EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS MII, ISO 500, f/7.1, 1/1250, HH

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[Doug Brown]

Cool to have a close encounter with a male Harrier! Pretty good eye contact and nice sharpness. There's a fairly strong yellow cast that I took the liberty of removing in this repost. I also brightened things up a bit. What are your thoughts?

[Michael Thompson]

the repost looks much better with the greenish tint removed. Cool bird! I have seen lots of them, but never close enough for a good pic

[Bob Smith]

Thank you for the help Doug--I thought I had dealt with that when I moved the WB slider for B/Y to the left but obviously I didn't go far enough--your version is a significant improvement in rendering the whites as I saw them, although perhaps just a tad too far in that direction as I didn't come a way from this encounter with an impression of pure white flashes of underwing. This was shot at 11:30 am. but sometimes in the early evening light it can even be hard to distinguish between male and female as the male takes on a browner hue.

[John Hackney]

Well done Doug. I agree on the repost. Undersides are slightly creamy in color.