Northern Harrier

[Bill Sharkey]

This little cutie was caught with her head down ... until my shutter went off.

Shot with Canon MkIII, 500f4 + 1.4TC, handheld at f5.6, 1/1250, ISO 400 and no flash.



Thanks for looking :)
Thanks to Jim, again!

[Robert O'Toole]

Love this image Bill, congrats! UW detail and sharpness is the face is fantastic and the wings up pose is great.

No changes for me, great as is.

Robert

[Mike Tracy]

A little hot on what looks like the upper tail coverts but other then that as pretty of a Harrier picture as I have seen.

[Desmond Chan]

Beautiful shot !

[Maxis Gamez]

Robert said it all!

Excellent work!

[Bill McCrystyn]

This is a great post. You pretty much nailed it. Your BG is great. What PP treatment did you give it? That has been a problem for me lately.

[Linda Robbins]

Bill, this is just gorgeous!!! Fantastic pose, background, sharpness, and head turn. Couldn't be better.

[Neil Losin]

Sweet, Bill! The eye contact puts this one over the top. Lovely work!

[Albert Froneman]

Superb capture Bill! Works well for me - wish it was mine. Posture, eye contact all that you need is there - VWD!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good one. Love the stretched wings.

[david cramer]

Sweet image and great BG.

[Glenn Bartley]

Fantastic stuff Bill. One of your best to be sure.

[Mike Lentz]

Homerun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bill Sharkey]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

My PP for this guy was simply a sharpening of the bird and NR of the BG.

Bill :)

[Stu Bowie]

Great eye contact, and lovely feather detail. Well captured.

[Juan Aragonés]

The eye contact is fantastic but the wing beat, the BG and the sharpness... wow, couldn´t be better. Terrific!

[Ted Willcox]

Stunning image!!!
Ted

[Raymond Barlow]

killer shot Bill., great bg, and sharp as it gets.