Northern Harrier with Vole

[arash_hazeghi]

Harrier was maneuvering up wind when it turned back and looked at me in the eye, like I was trying to steal his vole!



D700 +200-400 f/4 +1.4X TC f/7.1 1/2000 sec ISO 1600.

Hope you like it.

[Aidan Briggs]

Lovely exposure, BG, and light. Nice intense stare. The detail on the body seems a bit lacking though, and I wish we could see the other wing. Still a very cool shot.

[Bonnie Block]

Arash, there may be a few nit picks on some details here--but I would sure love to have this one for my files.
Not an easy grab--and the action is superb.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks for comments, detail is actually not bad on my screen given distance and ISO here is a 100% crop from RAW . Maybe I should sharpen more :confused: harriers in particular have very soft belly plumage basically white with brown spots.


100% crop from NEF file, No NR applied, notice the texture on the vole.



Thanks :)

[Aidan Briggs]

Well now that I see how big of a crop this is, the detail is not very bad. I wouldn't sharpen more as I prefer not to sharpen my master files, though it might help with the jpeg.

[Malcolm Benn]

Beautiful image Arash, love the head turn and stare and the trailing bit of grass .. fresh meat.

[david cramer]

Very unique pose. Only thing missing is the other wing. Detail looks fine to me.

[Ed Cordes]

Killer HA. I love the kind of snarling look it is giving you. I like it as posted.

[Dave Phillips]

love the eye contact.....baited?

[Harshad Barve]

amazing capture Arash , killer eye contact , I liked it very much as posted
TFS

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very nice interaction, the vole adds lots to the image, too bad we can't see
its head. Good one.

[arash_hazeghi]

love the eye contact.....baited?

Nope, free and wild.

[Stu Bowie]

These wonderful head turns in flight just make these shots more personal - as if you know each other. Great timing Arash. I like the wing position as is, and what a great BG. Well captured.

[Dave Barnes]

Hi Arash, moment well captured. Pity about the shadow on his face, but good eye contact. He looks as though he is flying down and I would have been tempted to rotate it to fly level.

[Kobus Tollig]

Great shot and bonus to have the catch. Looks like the focus was on the wing and thus the head and body not as sharp as the wing

[Kiran Poonacha]

Total killer one.. loved the eye contact...