I am lucky to be within 20 minutes drive of around 8 nesting pairs of hen harriers and they are quickly becoming my favourite natural history subject. I have been putting in a lot of hours with these birds since the spring and they all seem to have different characters. The main trends for now are; males are fairly lazy if given a chance and spend alot of time preening; females are very demanding and vocal. Not sure about this shot of the male skydancing. All commnets aprreciated.
I have to say that I am jealous of this because I have never even seen one, but I am not too sure about the comp. I suspect that you have gone for this to include some blue sky and break it up a bit, but for me the bird looks a bit lost down there.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on June 29, 2009 at 7:05 AM
I see where you're going with this, and I like the idea. I'm thinking if the bird was in the bottom left it may work better, flying into shot and all. Looks like it could do with a little lift on my screen too, and possibly some more sharpening on the bird too. I do like the pose of the bird too. Something a bit different, and I like it.
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5 repliesHi all,
I am lucky to be within 20 minutes drive of around 8 nesting pairs of hen harriers and they are quickly becoming my favourite natural history subject. I have been putting in a lot of hours with these birds since the spring and they all seem to have different characters. The main trends for now are; males are fairly lazy if given a chance and spend alot of time preening; females are very demanding and vocal. Not sure about this shot of the male skydancing. All commnets aprreciated.
MJ