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Marsh Harrier

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Posted by Simon Litten on March 11, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Marsh Harrier
Hi all

Spent the day on the north Norfolk coast and had some quality time with the Cley Marsh Harriers. What a treat! Great weather, great place!

I've been trying to photograph these birds for three years now so I'm quite pleased to get something half decent for a change!

Simon

Canon 1dIII 500mm +1.4 f7.1 1/2000 iso400 cropped to portrait from landscape for better web impact
Posted by Craig Jones on March 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Lovely photo and great colour to the sky.well done

:wavey:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 11, 2009 at 6:17 PM
No wonder you are pleased Simon. Good shot.

Robert
Posted by Billy Fairburn on March 11, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Great shot of a great bird. We get these as migrants in Kenya - seeing them hunting low over a million flamingos is quite something!

Fantastic shot :toast:
Posted by Paul Ashton on March 11, 2009 at 7:06 PM
An excellent shot Simon. These are not easy to get near especialy a Cley.
Posted by PhilH on March 12, 2009 at 4:44 AM
Not easy at all, the bigger the bird the more timid they seem and these are often hunting over huge areas... this is a fine result and gosh what a blue sky....

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Bob Cox on March 12, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Thats very nice ,I see these most days when waiting for barn owls but they never come this close , if one does I hope I get a shot like this.

Bob.
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on March 12, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Lots of detail, nice lighting under the bird, and that blue sky is gorgeous. Great shot :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 12, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Now that it blue sky :eek: :cool:

Very nice looking datailed shot.I like the position of the bird in the frame.

:toast:
Posted by Dawn Monrose on March 12, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Brilliant! Lots of detail and great sky!

:toast:
Posted by jack chapman on March 12, 2009 at 4:53 PM
lovely shot, not an easy bird to get close too
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 12, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Very nice Simon, lovely blue sky - I knew they existed somewhere! Maybe a touch bright on the top underwing but is probably just my screen :smile:
Posted by Danny Green on March 12, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Hello Simon

Lovely shot I am hopefully going to be doing a big project on this wonderful bird this year so I hope I can get some stuff like this.

Danny :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chas Spradbery on March 13, 2009 at 7:53 AM
Nice one - I spent two days at the raptor observation point at Hickling recently trying to get shots of these but never had one come close enough. Sounds like I need to go a bit further north!