Northern Harrier "Preening Pose"

[James Salywoda]

Northern Harrier

A shot taken last week as I like the pose captured Harriers like to perch in high brush or on the ground hidden among the brush they have a facial disk much like an owl.:)

Nikon D300 S AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC

1/1000 F8 ISO 640

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Randy Stout]

James:

Interesting pose, looks like he wonders what you are looking at.

Well exposed, sharp,effective DOF. Nice that you were able to get a clear shot above the foliage.

How do you compare the D300S to the D300?

Randy

[Jim Fenton]

Really cool pose James and the sharp eye makes this image for me.

Background is excellent.

I'm wondering if toning the foreground down a bit might solidify the attention all going to the subject right off the bat?

[denise ippolito]

Jim, Really nice preening pose. Excellent eye details and I love the BG.

[Danny J Brown]

Great shot, Jim. Definitely something a little different here in the harrier world. I like the foreground vegetation and the bokeh is nice as well. You captured an intimate moment of a predator with this image.

[david cramer]

I love these kind of behavioral shots. Great detail, sharp, and good eye contact. The bg is very nice and you controlled the whites very well. I think adding a dark vignette would help deal with the brightness.

[Harshad Barve]

James
Beautiful image , I am just loving pose offered by bird here , killer one , techs spot on as usual
TFS

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice behavioral shot Jim, it's often hard to get a good shot when harriers as perched since they perch low and all sorts of twigs are in the way!!! good job, keep them coming.

[David Fletcher]

Nicely done Jim. Very different and enjoyable. best to you and your loved ones for Xmas and 2010.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Nice posture, like the eye contact. The whites seem a bit hot ?

[ramesh anantharaman]

hello Jim,

totally loved the image. the foreground is a wee bit distracting but totally love the pose. took a while to figure out which is which of the bird. awesome moment.

wishing you all the very best for the comming year and a very merry christmas

ramesh

[Kiran Poonacha]

loved the eye contact, pose and the compo here Bhai....

[Raymond Barlow]

excellent shot bro, I like the composition a lot, sweet light, and the look is awesome.