Northern Harrier

[Alex Becker]

Hi all,

A male northern harrier taken in some evening light back in November. I think the season for these guys is wrapping up here -- pretty low activity the past couple of days, but well see. In post small crop, added some canvas to the top, NR, ~50% crop.

Camera: Nikon D500
Lens: 500mm f/4 + 1.4 TC
Specs: 1/2000 f/5.6 ISO 3,200

Thanks for looking and commenting on prior posts!
Alex

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Solid flight capture, beautiful light and lovely background.

Geoffrey




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[Stu Bowie]

Hi Alex, sweet light, and I like the flight pose with the head separated from the far wing. Excellent feather detail throughout the Harrier, sharp, and all against a clean BG. Well captured.

[John Mack]

Nice flight pose on this male. Background is spot on. Light looks quite nice as well.

[Dorian Anderson]

This is really nice. To get a gray example on such a beautiful pink background is really special. Zero shadows and perfect eye contact are a great combo as well. I'd wish for a touch more detail/crispness on the face, but you
did amazingly well for ISO 3200. This is a very memorable frame. Bravo.

[dankearl]

Excellent angle in the frame and details of this young Male.
Hasn't quite grayed out and the eye is not fully turned to blazing yellow...
Very nice image.

[Bill Dix]

I missed this one until now. Great shot of our local ghost. Lovely background, good wing position, nice eye contact and detail. A winner in my book. There was at least one male coursing around several days ago, but at considerable distance.

[gail bisson]

Absolutely great image.
Terrific BG and light. Love the incoming position and the wing position.
It also shows the transition phase of young male to adult really nicely.
Gail

[arash_hazeghi]

very sweet frame Alex, especially with the PF + TC. head details look pretty good from here

excellent work

[Alex Becker]

Thanks all, much appreciated. Best,