Northern Harrier flight portrait

[arash_hazeghi]

Female Harrier


7D + 400 DO @ f/8 1/1600sec ISO 400 SW: DPP 3.7.2 Digital Processing: Crop and NR on BG.

Hope you like it

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Wing position, light and eye contact look good, I would only tone down the highlights on the body and rump.

[david cramer]

Beautiful light and great detail. I'd agree about toning down the bright areas.

[Betsie Storm]

Beautifully done, Arash, with the highlights tones down as suggested above it will be better. Like the feather details!

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the underwing detail you captured in this image. Great HA and eye contact. Well done!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Ditto the above comments. Excellent composition and I love the wing position in this image. Thanks for sharing.

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice clear shot of wing, head and eye. Agree it does seem a bit bright. Well done. Dave

[Doug Brown]

Like the eye contact and wing position. In addition to taming the whites, I would darken the pupil a little and run another pass of sharpening.

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks guys for nice comments, here is a repost

[William Currie]

Really nice image light is great. Looks like the 7D is working well for you good job

[Jay Gould]

7D is rockin'!!

Are you enjoying the 7d as much as your images are projecting? This one is sharp and spot-on!

[arash_hazeghi]

7D is rockin'!!

Are you enjoying the 7d as much as your images are projecting? This one is sharp and spot-on!

Thanks Jay, yes when my shots are in focus I do enjoy the fine detail and cropping power of the 18 mpixel sensor, I still have some issues basically in the same conditions that I described a few months earlier when I first got the camera, but I am soon upgrading to 500. with more focal length I will be able to fill the entire or most of the 19 point AF area with the bird so that the camera has no chance of seeing the BG and locking on it :)

[James Salywoda]

The repost looks much better Arash I like the wing position and bg