theme-female harrier

[Bob Smith]

These birds remind me of a sports kite the way the hang on the breeze and then sweep down in a tight arc. I had to dial back the zoom as she closed in on me as she couldn't have been much more than about 10-15 yds. from me here. This appears at 1st glance to have a catch light on the shade side eye but it must be some mark on the eye rim. 7DII,EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 IS MII @ 170mm, ISO 500, f/5.6, 1/1600,HH, cropped to 50% original pixels, NR in Topaz 5

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[John Hackney]

Lovely shot, very nice sharpness.

[arash_hazeghi]

you caught her head on Bob, I like the V-shaped wings. The main issue here is the sider light that has left half of the face/body in the shade. I'd also put a bit more space below her.

[Bob Smith]

My goodness, this one slipped by me----thanks Arash and John for the comments.