Juv. Female Harrier

Gallery: AvianPosted September 23, 2011271 views15 comments

D300s
600mm + 1.4 tc
1/2000
F/7.10
ISO 650
A/Priority
Exp Comp. -1/3
White Balance Sunny
Metering Mode Center weighted avg.
Distance 51.10 meters
Tripod W/Wimberly Head

Second image in this Harrier series captured last Saturday. Different wing Position/different pose. I'll keep posting these until you tire of them. Hope you like these. Thanks for looking. Larger version included.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Bryan Hix on September 23, 2011 at 1:50 AM

I like the concept of the hovering, the image is fairly soft so I would try some heavier sharpening on it and if you have more room at the top I might give a little more space in the crop. Did you run any NR on this?

Registered on June 13, 2008, 117 Posts, 755 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 23, 2011 at 6:30 AM

Another great image from your session with this wonderful raptor David.
Wonder what it would look like with its talons wrapped around my oriole

I like this one a lot too, but if forced to choose the prior post is clearly the best of the two..
Well done!

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Ray Whitt on September 23, 2011 at 7:53 AM

Love the pose here. Harriers have been a real challenge for me to capture. Congratulations, you've done a very nice job with this one too,

Ray

Registered on May 27, 2011, 92 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Keith Bauer on September 23, 2011 at 9:27 AM

David: I like this pose a lot. Very unique capture. I like the inclusion of the grass at the bottom as it gives the image a base. Maybe a touch soft, but a fine image.

Registered on November 20, 2003, 458 Posts, 4836 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Edman on September 23, 2011 at 10:40 AM

I think its a great image, but you could work with the sharpness and maybe contrast.

Registered on September 19, 2011, 19 Posts, 22 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 23, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Another beauty, David. If you have it, I might add a bit to the top and take a bit off the right, but that's just my taste.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Neal Cooper on September 23, 2011 at 4:10 PM

Cool pose. Ditto on the sharpening David. I will look out for your other images. Well done.

Registered on June 3, 2009, 144 Posts, 306 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on September 23, 2011 at 10:28 PM

David, it does appear to be a bit soft in my eyes also, but love the pose! I think another round of selective sharpening might make it even better.

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on September 24, 2011 at 1:48 PM

The position of the bird is great with it staring down, David. I like that you have left the vegetation at the bottom. I do wish for a bit more room on the top, but that is a small nit on a very nice image. Great job.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 168 Posts, 3118 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on September 24, 2011 at 4:08 PM

Beautiful ballerina pose, David. In agreement with others two nits: a bit tight on top and a bit soft. You might find that cropping some from the rhs will make the tightness less evident. Anyway, you can pretty easily add canvas to this one if you need to. You don't mention post processing. This is a case where a little more sharpening might help quite a bit. Quite a lovely series of shots you are posting here!

Registered on June 18, 2009, 229 Posts, 2915 Comments

Comment posted by Eric Stogner on September 24, 2011 at 6:24 PM

David, nice shot!!

Registered on January 19, 2011, 18 Posts, 40 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Runco on September 24, 2011 at 9:51 PM

Very nice shot, beautiful bird.

Registered on September 9, 2008, 77 Posts, 705 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 26, 2011 at 11:23 AM

Great action shot, I really like the moment you have captured. A little bit more eye contact would have made it even better - but that said it's a great shot IMO ! Grtz, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 26, 2011 at 12:46 PM

Very cool hover pose, a little soft as others have noted but a really interesting shot, nice job in getting this difficult image, way to go.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by antino cervigni on September 26, 2011 at 2:41 PM

Excellent shot. Regards Antino

Registered on April 17, 2010, 70 Posts, 202 Comments