Harrier on a Hunt

[Kiran Poonacha]

this is juv female montagus harrier, found her hunting grasshoppers. this was when she was diving on one. she is quite a acrobatic hunter and fun to watch.

spec: 1/800, F 7.1, -1/3, ISO 400

Canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

I thought that single tall grass on the right adds, but not very sure.

[Brian Barcelos]

Kiran Bhai, This is a very different angle/perspective. I love it, wing and tail spread awesome, FG grass and BG really brings out the Harriers beautiful colors. The dangling feet/talons big plus and she sure looks hungry. Is this your first in flight that you've posted here? Great job capturing the action, Congrats

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

no problem with the tall grass.....beautiful bg,pose...timing!!!

[Stu Bowie]

Hey brother, great hunting angle, and good to see the prepared talons. I can almost feel her thinking "where did the little blighter go?" The Harrier pops so well from the BG. Well captured, and congrats on a fine image.

[John Ippolito]

Nice work capturing this unusual posture. Bird is nicely separated from a pleasing contrasting BG.

[Danny Laredo]

This is super Kiran. Love the moment you captured here.
Flight pose is really nice as well.

[Doug Brown]

I like the sharpness of the bird against the green BG. The hunting behavior is nicely captured. I don't mind the lack of eye contact because of what the bird is doing.

[Ilija Dukovski]

Great one, I love the pose, the wing spread, the grass is nicely done too , donm't mind the one on the right.

[Glenn Bartley]

I am so impressed with this image and also the fact that it was taken with a 40D!!!

WOW!

[denise ippolito]

I love this one. The hunting pose and the BG are awesome.Beautiful details.

[Raymond Barlow]

stunning image man, wow!! what great action well captured.

[Randy Stout]

Kiran:

Lovely colors, just the right blend of action and environment, like the grass on right, nice wing and tail flare.

She is right on the edge of being oversharpened for my taste, but presents well.

Congrats.

Randy

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Very good sharpness and beautiful movement captured. The hunting behavior of harrier could not be frozen better. Lovely bg makes this image for me.

Szimi

[Morkel Erasmus]

something different - I like it! great pose, light and composition Bhai

[Danny J Brown]

Kiran - Yours is the second harrier today and its as beautiful as the first. I love the color, the action, the composition...."did I mention color?" I had to look at the photo for a minute to figure out where the right wing went! That just made it cooler. When I see these BIF shots, I feel like I need to be out in my field watching every minute of the day ---- but I have to work!!!!! Thank you.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the wide crop, unusual pose, sharpness and light. The grass adds interest.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very beautiful hunting pose Kiran, sharpness is great. Congrats.

[Danny J Brown]

Kiran - I just looked at the photo on my 24" monitor (my previous post was from my laptop). All I can say is....dude.......!!!!!!! I'm thinking photo of the week! Sorry to jinx you.

[Harshad Barve]

beautiful image and lovely perspective , green grass adds so much here
TFS

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

The grass has to stay, IMO. that looks great there, I even believe that it helps in balancing your image. As mentioned above, the light and behavior of the bird is killer.

[James Salywoda]

Sweet shot Kiran it really shows the hunting action perfectly as it spots for its prey.... Well Done!

[scott benson]

great shot.