The Lady Marsh

[Kiran Poonacha]

This is a Marsh Harrier Female, I know she does not have great looking plumage but I really love and respect this bird for its hunting skills, she can even put a peregrine to shame with her smartness and technic.

Those feet are real bright yellow in color. The tilt in the BG is as is and I did not want to clone out anything in the BG just to give a feeling of the marshland.I have kept the crop tight as the bird looked lost in a larger frame.

Spec: 1/1600, F 5.6, ISO 800, +1/3.

Mk4+500mm+1.4TC

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Great pose, sharpness and background. Some might argue about the head angle but I think it works as it illustrates it is hunting. JR

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, another beauty. nice separation, colors, pose....awesome shot.

[arash_hazeghi]

Genuine flight shot Kiran, great!

[Stu Bowie]

Kiranbhai, super posture, and overall, nice and sharp. Im glad you left the BG as is.

[Pieter de Waal]

Kiran I enjoy your raptor images, allways dynamic and full of action. Lovely light and exposure.TFS.

[James Salywoda]

Superb! Beautifully captured Kiran she standsout nicely from that bg.

[Greg Basco]

Nice action, Kiran, and I really like the soft colors and that strip of brown running through the grass is an interesting complement.

Cheers,
Greg Basco

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful sharp details and awesome pose.

[Tin Man Lee]

Definitely looks fierce. Love the eye contact, pose, sharpness and the background. The angle looks good to me too, I don't think there is a need to tilt. Great job!

[Stephen Earle]

Tack sharp and good light. TFS.

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Superb, superb action, bg, details. Love everything about this image Kiran bhai.
Would love to visit your birding hotspots some day.

[Doug Brown]

The pose really highlights those incredible yellow talons. I would have preferred a little more eye contact, but a nice image anyhow.

[Angad Achappa]

The 'hunting' pose is just superb!! Lovely image overall

[Harshad Barve]

Kiranbhai, another beauty
TFS