Looking beyond 11/26

[Harshad Barve]

Dear all
This image is dedicated to Mumbai.
To all who lost there life in 11/26 terrorist attack on Mumbai and to those brave Police man and national security gurds who gave their life so we can live peacefuly.

Made with D700 , 600mm, ISO 400, 1/2000 , F6.3 , Beanbag in SUV
PP wise , 80 % of FF , levels , contrast
All C & C are welcome and much appreciated
Harshad

ps , BTW this is Montagu's Harrier female

[Fabs Forns]

Beautiful bird and thoughtful dedication.
Excellent head angle, detail and monochromatic palette.

[Mital Patel]

fantastic image harry. perfect and best capture one can grab with the habitat they have there. VWD

[Danny Laredo]

Sweet image Harshad. Love the pose and BG.

[Ben Egbert]

Great image and good head angle. This bird has a really long tail feather for a hawk.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Beautiful image Harshadbhai! Love the right foot balancing like that. :) Nice dedication too, we had friends in Mumbai at that time. They got out safely, but only just.

[Dave Leroy]

Very good looking hawk Harshad. They appear perfectly coloured for the habitat. And a very nice gesture by yourself. Well done. Dave

[Jim Crosswell]

Great eye contact! A real beauty.

[Sid Garige]

Excellent pose and exposure Harshad Bhai. Excellent job.

[Clement Francis]

Very beautiful Harshad, the light in Gujarat in winter is always magical

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Stunning image Harshad. Pin sharp with great detail, colours & eye contact.

[subramanya_ck]

Fantastic Image. Love the head turn and light on its face

[Narayan Pai]

Lovely HA and light

[David Hemmings]

Harshad, this is very nice. The pose and the details are all top notch, well done as always.

[James Salywoda]

WOW! This is excellent Harshad and nice words to the reason you posted this image.

[Melvin Grey]

Great image and good head angle. This bird has a really long tail feather for a hawk.

Ben, this bird is a Montague's Harrier female (Circus pygargus) as stated in the caption. All Circus species have long tails as do true Hawk species (Accipitors). Unfortunately in America you call Buteo species, 'hawks' - they do have short tails and are really Buzzards.
I hope this helps.

This is a beautiful, well detailed image with a great pose from the bird.

[Ofer Levy]

Excellent!