Northern Harrier

[Phil Seu]

d300, 600 vr plus 1.4x. f/8, 1/1600, iso 400

[Fabs Forns]

What strikes me most is the beautiful light and the complimentary colors of the BG. Very sharp, congrats on a fine image. Good catch for the magnification.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Very nice separation between subject and BG (very nice BG at that!) I love the vegetation at bottom but would perhaps tone down the lighter twigs. Too bad the HA wasn't a bit more towards us, but overall cool pose!

[arash_hazeghi]

This is an A+ harrier shot for those who are familiar with this magnificent specie. BG, sharpness, wing position and eye contact are all perfect. My compliments for this perfect capture.

Did you get this in HMB area?

[Markus Jais]

Great Harrier shot. I like the calm background and the beautiful light. Great wing pose.

Markus

[Gal Shon]

Fantastic shot,
I like the light, feet, BG, sharpness, eye contact, wing position and tail.
Though I'm not decisive about the HA.

[Ofer Levy]

Very nice image indeed!!! MY only nit is that I don't see much fine detail - is it a big crop?

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Light is really good. Well timed capture. I liked the inclusion of habitat a lot. Well done and thx for sharing.

[Dan Fleming]

A killer image. His left leg and the rump area might be toned down a touch. Really like the pose, the catchlight, the overall sharpness. Well done!

[Phil Seu]

thanks for the critiques. to answer the questions, it is about a 40%crop and image was taken last fall in half moon bay, CA

Phil

[Greg Schneider]

Great shot of my nemesis bird. Looks just a bit contrasty to me as well.