Northern Harrier

[Kerry Perkins]

Shot at Bosque Del Apache on a wonderful afternoon shooting with Jim Neiger and Doug Brown.

I highly recommend Jim Neiger's Flight School for anyone who wants to quickly improve their BIF photography skills or make the jump to hand-held flight photography! Thank you for a great day Jim. Doug, your presence was much appreciated by this fledgling bird photographer!

Converted in LR2 then CS4 for final tweaking. This is a fairly large crop and I used Noise Ninja on the background.

50D, EF400mm f/5.6L
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/2500 ISO 400 WB 5100K
AI Servo autofocus, hand-held no flash

[Doug Brown]

Enjoyed the afternoon and getting to know you Kerry. You couldn't ask for a nicer BG for your Harrier photo. I like the near wing detail and the fact that the beak is clear of the far wing. All in all, a solid flight shot!

[Harshad Barve]

Beautiful pose and killer BG , lovely eye contact here
TFS

[denise ippolito]

Kerry, Sounds like you are having a great time and learning alot! Really beautiful BG. Nice details and composition! Lovely shot Kerry-Well done.

[arash_hazeghi]

Strong points are BG and near wing position. Weak points are not so clear eye and coarse grain as a result of over sharpening. There is also purple fringing on the rump and magenta cast in the shadows and shoulder area.

Thanks for sharing

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

A little noisy in the dark areas, which should be fixable. Was this a big crop Kerry? Love that BG it's wicked!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Great background, nice posture. Large crop has slighlty compromised the image quality on the bird, but still a very pleasing image.

[Dan Brown]

A beauty Kerry! BG is great! I'm glad to see you are learning from the best!