The Blue Harrier

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is male montagus harrier, was lucky to get him perched on a tree which is a not very often seen as they prefer the ground or termite mounds.

spec: 1/500, F 7.1, ISO 800, expo + 1/3

canon 40D + 500mm + 1.4TC

[arash_hazeghi]

Magnificent specie Kiran, Love the BG and perch very good detail

[Mital Patel]

man after loooking at this killer image my desires got increased. just a glimpse of front plums with brown patch got curiosity to see a front pose .. wont it look gorgeous from front too ?

[Axel Hildebrandt]

I like the soft light, sharpness, angle, look-back pose and BG. If anything, maybe a slightly wider crop?

[Mike Tracy]

Pretty subject with good technicals. Nice soft pleasing background. The curvature of the perch gives this added depth.

[Dan Brown]

Awesome shot! Love the BG and sharpness! The thorns on the perch are an added feature! I like this as posted but a little less tight in the crop would be good too.!

[Clement Francis]

Cannot ask for more, picture perfect

[Bonnie Block]

Beautiful bird. No nits at all. Ouch! look at that perch!

[Stu Bowie]

Kiranbhai, lovely pose with a good look back. Excellent feather detail, and a pretty tricky or should I say pricky perch to land on.

[Fabs Forns]

Excellent composition and very cool perch. EXP right on, what's not to like?

[Tony Whitehead]

Well done with the DOF to get the whole bird sharp, Kiran. Great BG and perch.

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

beautiful pose,eye contact,soft light....bg!!!

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

I wouldn't change a thing!

Love the bird, pose, perch and BG. Congrats Kiran, you have showed us some amazing raptors lately.

[paul leverington]

Kiran--I can't believe how so many get these gray harrier shots--this one here, and others recently posted from north america. They stay away from me most of the time. I love the shot and the look back is just right. Only comp suggestion I might throw at ya would be to perhaps center him up as I feel the featureless larger green area to the right helps little with the overall comp. Maybe desat the green a little too to get him to stand out from the bg, and to not be so diminished from it's competing intensity. Very sweet shot!

Paul

[Chris van Rooyen]

OOoooh I'm green!! Great use of DoF and sharpness is 100%. You were very fortunate to get him in a tree:-)

[Ofer Levy]

Awesome light, detail, sharpness, pose and BG. Would also prefer to see this with more space all around.

[Gyorgy Szimuly]

Brother, this is killer. :) The bg makes it very nice. Details as usual stunning.

Szimi