The Montagus Harrier Female

[Kiran Poonacha]

The winter is setting in here in India and our winter visitors are coming. This is one of them. Wait for more.

just Wished the tail was visible.

Spec: 1/640, F 7.1, ISO 800

Canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

[Brian Barcelos]

Kiran Bhai, very nice plumage detail and great head angle. BG is nice and I like his perch as our Harriers on this side of the world usually stand on mounds of earth rather than perch on trees. Do tou use a blind to get so close? This is a great image of a beautiful species. I wouldn't change a thing. Congrats

Brian

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thanks Brian, I dont exactly use a hide but close,Its just knowing the bird behavior a bit, they have their fav perches in the grasslands. all you need to do is wait for them, in this case I used my SUV as a hide. she came, she sat and I clicked away.

Regards,

Kiran.

[Ed Cordes]

Sweet image! I really like the up riased wing feathers - was this the wind or did the biord do it? I also like the BG and excellent detail. You can just barely see the opposite eye feathers - nice touch!.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful sweet pose,soft light and bg!

[Lorant Voros]

Kiran, reading your words make it sound very easy to take pictures of these guys....so you just clicked away:-). I just love your raptor series. Nice light, beautiful detail in feathers, low angle, nice BG. Congratulations.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the angle, sharpness, soft light and BG. The grass at the perch adds to it. Is there a slight magenta cast?

[Danny Laredo]

Lovely female you got here.
Sweet pose and BG.

[Mital Patel]

wonderful shot bhai.
saying i just clicked away may be easy for you as you already declared that you know the bird very well.
I know how difficult to shoot such a perfect pose of raptors here in india in our region.

I would say you have really measured every bit of their behavior and so this is the outcome of your years learning .

Big congrats and keep on . we are also learning from your images so keep posting.

Brian just wait for two three more week to get more better raptors from our Bhai :)

[Chris van Rooyen]

Wonderful image of an elusive species. Well planned and well executed, I would have preferred slightly more space below.

[Harshad Barve]

amazing shot with great HA , BG , sharpness and details
I wont change any thing in it
TFS

[denise ippolito]

Kiran, Beautiful pose and details. BG and lighting are gorgeous.

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely light, sharpness, and BG. Another excellent raptor shot.

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent capture Kiran, sharpness, perch and BG right on money. TFS

[Sid Garige]

simply fantastic image. Beautiful pose and interesting subject.

[Rohan Kamath]

loved everything about the image as presented...
I agree with mital...give kiran 2-3 more weeks till all the raptors get here...then his images suddenly turn from outstanding to pure bliss...
;)

[Rob Drummond]

Another wonderful raptor shot Kiran - your modus operandi appears to work a treat.

cheers
Rob

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you all dearest bird lovers for your kindly words and suggestion,

@ Axel Bhai, I corrected it to an extent, I look into it again.

Thanks Again,

Kiran.

[Hendri Venter]

Fantastic feather detail. Congrats on this one Kiran, its a wonderful image. Looking forward to more.

[Simon Bennett]

Excellent work - pose, perch and background are exemplary. Sharp too.