Sunset Harrier

[Paul Lagasi]

Taken at Bosque Del Apache, late afternoon..nice sunlight, wished both eyes were showing, he flared when he came around some trees upon seeing me.
Replaced clipped wingtips and added canvas at bottom, sized, sharpened.

Thanks for looking

D300
nikon 300 w 1.4
f6.3
1/2500
iso-800
pattern metering
shutter priority
handheld
cropped

[Doug Brown]

Neat banking pose. I don't mind that only one eye is showing, but I do wish you had separation between the beak and the shadow from the head. I might trim a little canvas off of both sides.

[Eric Diller]

Awesome Raptor!! Nice capture indeed.........

[Alfred Forns]

Awesome image Paul !!! Agree with comments Sweet light and what a pose !! Big Congrats !!!

[Fabs Forns]

Sweet diagonal, nice light and detail. Another vote for crop if it will not loose too much quality.

[Aidan Briggs]

Great light and banking pose. I might try lightening the part of the face in shadow. I also agree with a slight crop. Well Done!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Ditto comments from above. Beautiful capture and I love the diagonal pose. Superb timing !!! Congratulations Paul and thanks for sharing.

[Paul Lagasi]

Thank You all very much, its great to get positive feedback...keeps us all going back out there, to get the next one....
Cropped a little from both sides and a wee bit from top and bottom, I try to alway keep my images within the 6 x 4, 7.5 x 5, etc. sizes,...hopefully this is what you meant?

[Joe Senzatimore]

Liked the first one but LOVE the re-post. Crop makes a big difference!!!!!!:)

[Stu Bowie]

Good diagonal banking angle, and just love the colours on the harrier.

[Dominic Cantin]

I like the banking postion 8) The details are realy nice and I like your second post more for more details !

Dom :)

[arash_hazeghi]

Love the details, light, pose and sharpness, everything is done very well, as Doug mentioned I also wish the beak had not merged with the shadow. TFS