Merlin Dive

[Jim Neiger]

New Jersey - 1D3, 500mm, hand held, 1/2000, F4.5, ISO 500, manual exposure

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

its beautiful Jim. We dont expect anything less from you. Love the head angle and the positioning of the bird in the frame.

KD

[Rohan Kamath]

wow...everything seems so RIGHT...i'd heard a lot about this forum...i'm glad i'm getting to learn things from the very best...i never knew a bird could be photographed like this...

[Kiran Poonacha]

Great image Jim, loved the details,eye contact and the wing spread. beautiful bird too, congrats..

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

killer pose/eye contact and beautiful wing position!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Jim,
I like the eye contact and the composition. Love the outstretched wings.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Hugh J McLaughlin]

Perfection as always, Jim.

[Herb Houghton]

Very nice Jim, I cannot see anything which could improve this image. BTW is this in Cape May ?
Herb

[Mike Lentz]

Love the eye contact, wing position and light on this image!
Maybe a slightly tighter crop?

[Dr.Pranay Rao Juvvadi]

Like the banking pose and the side ways gaze of the Merlin. Great light as well.

[Diego Torrentes]

Hi Jim:

Superb picture as many others that you've shared here with folks, very good pose, and also excellent sharpness and exposure. I like the way you shot from above, I wonder if you were you in a cliff or something like that? Good work.

Bye.

[Jim Neiger]

Hi Jim:

Superb picture as many others that you've shared here with folks, very good pose, and also excellent sharpness and exposure. I like the way you shot from above, I wonder if you were you in a cliff or something like that? Good work.

Bye.

I was on the ground and the Merlin was diving down from above.