Common Nighthawk

[Alan Murphy]

Common Nighthawk

Glacier Co, Montana

D3, 200-400 @ 400MM, ISO 800, f6.3, 1/3200, -0.7EV.

Not sure if I have seen a flight shot of this species that did not have sky as the background.
This was taken a couple of weeks ago.

[Joe Senzatimore]

BG is beautiful. Great comp. and details as well. Not too often seen in flight. Sweet catch.

[Keith Carver]

Great flight shot, wonderful detail, catchlight and BG. First flight shot of this bird that I've seen, TFS!

[Fabs Forns]

Love the non-sky flights, and the head turn towards you make this one special for me :)

[Stu Bowie]

I like the flying posture and HA, sharp, and against a lovely smooth BG.

[Ramon M. Casares]

Wow, where I am from, this shot is almost impossible as these guys are so hard to find during daytime and also so hard to see them flying... Great flying pose, amazing light, BG, detail, species and overall image! Big congrats!

[Sid Garige]

Never seen one in flight before Alan. Fantastic job.

[Lorant Voros]

Pretty amazing. Agree, almost impossible to do. Love the pose and shrpness and great BG. Well done.
Lorant

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Yes this is not the regular CNH image!
Love the BG and the cristal clear eye. Agree with Ramon in that this species is very hard to find flying, especially during the day.

[Danny J Brown]

This is a spectacular shot -- probably one of a kind. Congratulations.

DB

[Dan Busby]

One of a kind Alan. I wonder if you "happened" near a nest and this might have been a bird circling to try to land again. Either way, it's probably the best nighthawk shot I have ever seen. Catching the bird with that great HA and sharp eye couldn't have been easy.

[Hendri Venter]

Fantastic flight shot Alan. I like the posture and head angle. The bird also pops nicely from the green BG.

[arash_hazeghi]

Tough flight shot to get and done masterfully as usual, excellent!

[Kiran Poonacha]

Very difficult shot, well executed.. loved the eye contact..

[Fernando Cerra]

Esta tremenda la foto felicidades Alan !

[Myer Bornstein]

wonderful, all the nighthawks that I have seen have been overhead against the sky and high