Soaring Harrier

[Doug Brown]

A grab shot at the Bosque. I like the underwing detail. For me there's enough eye contact. What do you all think?



Canon 7D, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/3200, ISO 640, hand held

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

agree Doug. The diagonal placement makes it a strong comp. That has turned a grab shot into a very good shot IMO.

[Randy Stout]

Doug:

The eye position fits with the story, hunting or checking out environment, so I am Ok with it. The underwing detail is nice, as mentioned.

Cheers

Randy

[Gary Jones]

Opportunity well used. Good wing detail and as you say, enough eye contact. Works for me!!

[arash_hazeghi]

excellent full wing span and nice under the wing details. sharp and well exposed, would be killer with head turn towards you but fine as posted. TFS

[Jonathan Ashton]

Great shot - 600mm hand held - boy you must be doing some weight training to hold that monster!:)

[Morkel Erasmus]

another blinder handheld Doug. HA fine with me too, exposure top marks!

[Ofer Levy]

I do like the detail and light on the underwings. I am not crazy about the shooting angle. It's a good shot for a field guide IMO.

[Michael Zajac]

Nice under wing exposure and sharpness.I like the BG and the head angle.Well done

[Fabs Forns]

Bird is doing what she needs to do, hunt. It is absurd and unrealistic to expect every bird going about their business to be looking at the photographer. Nice detail all around and killer diagonal.

[Stu Bowie]

There's enough wingspread and detail there, even before one looks at the eye, so this works for me Doug. Im surprised you didnt use any + EC to get that exposure from the underwings. Well captured.

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Bird is doing what she needs to do, hunt. It is absurd and unrealistic to expect every bird going about their business to be looking at the photographer. Nice detail all around and killer diagonal.

I love the fact that you can say what I couldn't my dear friend. :) For crying out loud, it's a grab shot not something he set up painstakingly for six months. :eek:

Your image is very nice Doug. As said, lots of detail and lovely composition. But what would I know? :eek: My only Q is where was the MkIV?

[Haim Ziv]

Beautiful! great detail and great pose.

[Robert DeCandido]

Hi,

Looks to be dark eyes to me - young harrier, probably female. Harriers (unlike most other raptor spp.) have light(er) eyes when adult...