Montagu's Harrier

[Mital Patel]

Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Gujarat, INDIA


1D MARK IV, 500 F/4, 1.4x TC
1/1000, f/9, ISO1000 @ 700mm 4-57 pm

[Stu Bowie]

Mital, I like the flying posture, sharp, with good feather detail. Good placement of the Harrier against the smoother part of your BG, and I like the focussed grasses in the FG. Did he manage to catch his next meal.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Beautiful light and IQ. Enjoy the environment...Like the fact that it looks like its on the hunt!

[Dan Busby]

Very nice action photo Mital. I especially like that the bird is focussed on the hunt rather than the photographer. Also nice habitat setting. Only thing I would hope for is a pose that shows a clear profile of the head.

[Dave Leroy]

Lovely hunting pose and well captured. I really like the nice in focus grass. Bird size looks good in the frame but I might still move it a bit further left and then add a bit to right side.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very nice shot indeed, I like the pose, an the environment. I too would vote for the bird being placed a little more to the left.

[Melissa Groo]

Yes to bird more on the left. Fantastic moment captured, I can only imagine being the subject of that gaze and the final moments of terror! Love the light and that gorgeous fanned tail.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely light, and terrific habitat. Great wing position and fanned tail. I, too, wish for the head to be clear of the wing; but this way it really shows him focused on his task.

[dankearl]

Nice environment photo, Mital, as mentioned the FG grass is nice, and I like the pose.
It is about the hunt, well captured.

[Arthur Morris]

Sweet light, pose, and image design. Love all the grasses.

[Jim Crosswell]

Great image Mital! I like the fanned tail, setting and IQ.

[Dan Behm]

great image, love the composition and wing and tail fan, the intent look on this bird as it hunts is very well Illustrated here.

Dan