Merlin Flight in Evening Light

[Jim Neiger]

New Jersey - 1D3, 300mm+1.4xTC, hand held, 1/2500, F5.6, ISO 800, manual exposure

[Alan Murphy]

I'm lovin these shots Jim. Sweet angle and light and the eye contact draws you in.

[Geraldo Hofmann]

What to say ...perfect capture ... I would prefer a darker background ... but well this is nature .
Geraldo

[Randy Stout]

Jim:

Well exposed, nice light, great wing span, tail flare.

To my eye, the focus is sharper on the wings and tail than the head and breast. I wonder where your focus point was? At that shutter speed, I wouldn't expect any motion blur.

Maybe a sliver more room at the top.

Cheers

Randy

[Ray Rozema]

Great pose and eye contact. Nothing to add to above comments.
TFS Ray

[Keith Bauer]

Sweet light. Love the look. This series has been really nice Jim. Thx for sharing them. Looking forward to seeing you at the Bosque in a month or so.

[Harshad Barve]

lovely imahe , liked the wing pose and details
TFS

[Morkel Erasmus]

super pose, lighting and exposure Jim. lovely work.

[Dan Brown]

Great shot Jim! Even from a "wimpy" 300mm lens;). Love the eye contact!

[arash_hazeghi]

Excellent, love the wing position, soft light, HA and all of those sweet details.