Theme: The Gray Ghost

[Jim Neiger]

Male Northern Harrier
Point Reyes, CA - 1Dx, 840mm, hand held, 1/1000, F5.6, ISO 800, manual exposure

[arash_hazeghi]

awesome incoming pose and eye contact Jim! love it. is this recent? when did you visit point reyes?

[Jim Neiger]

awesome incoming pose and eye contact Jim! love it. is this recent? when did you visit point reyes?

This is from my 2014 road trip. I called you while I was there, but you were somewhere else.

[Mike Poole]

Superb down the barrel shot Jim, even the flared tail fits parallel with the wing.

As a side note, I'm surprised you went with a fairly low ISO and shutter speed - what would your keeper rate be like in a situation like these? I would have expected to have seen some movement within the bird, but all looks good here.

Mike

[John Hackney]

Wonderful capture Jim.

[Jim Neiger]

Superb down the barrel shot Jim, even the flared tail fits parallel with the wing.

As a side note, I'm surprised you went with a fairly low ISO and shutter speed - what would your keeper rate be like in a situation like these? I would have expected to have seen some movement within the bird, but all looks good here.

Mike

Thanks Mike. 1/800 is about the minimum SS to get consistently sharp images of this bird. At 1/1000 my sharp image rate was about 9 of 10. Keeper rate depends more on the bird and conditions and your standards for keepers. That said, I would have likely been better off at ISO 1000 and 1/1250.

[Tim Foltz]

Jim, super shot with intense stare and sweet BG, my only nit is the purplish cast to it.
Here is a quick redo, toning down the afore mentioned.

Regards -Tim

[Glennie Passier]

Im I thought your OP was brilliant. Then I saw Tims. The bird has just popped out of the frame. Removing the cast has made this image even more special.

[Jim Neiger]

Jim, super shot with intense stare and sweet BG, my only nit is the purplish cast to it.
Here is a quick redo, toning down the afore mentioned.

Regards -Tim

Thanks Tim. I like your repost.

[William Dickson]

Congrats on getting the Grey Ghost and Theme Pose. Love the frame. The repost is awesome.

Well done Jim and TFS

Will

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very dynamic pose you got here! I love the vertical composition. Great BG too.

[Doug Brown]

Sweet frame Jim! Love the eye contact and detail! Happy early birthday BTW!

[Jim Neiger]

Sweet frame Jim! Love the eye contact and detail! Happy early birthday BTW!

Thanks Doug!

[arash_hazeghi]

I remember now Jim! Happy early bday!

[Glenn Conlan]

Great positioning on the wings and tail flare make this over the top. Dave Salem and I have shot a lot Harriers in the past years and this one puts them to shame. Wish it were mine!

[Eric Dienesch]

What a pose and what an image, stunning, TFS !!