Montagu's Harrier #1 (Female)

[Praveen Siddannavar]

She was miles away & feeding on a Grass Hopper, to ensure she doesn't fly we shot her from a distance.

Camera - Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 500mm + 1.4x TC
Av 11
Tv 1/640
ISO 400
EC + 0.3
Focal length 700mm
Bean bag support
Date and Time : 10th Dec'11 @ 10:09am

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. Lovely perch and eye contact. Reducing the sharpening a bit would be good. I liked the swaying grass, gives a nice feel of the habitat. Thanks for sharing.

[Atul Sinai]

Nicely captured and well composed Praveen. Agree with Mrudul. TFS

Regards,
Atul

[Bhargava Srivari]

I like the composition. Nice habitat all around...this image is better on anyday than all the tight close up images we see so often! I'm thinking this image would have been nicer without the green patch on the top left corner...

tfs

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Very nice Praveen. The environment makes this image for me. Love the pose too. Wondering whether +0.3 was necessary here?
TFS.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Wish you were closer. The eye contact and cropped composition is nice. The swaying grass looks good. Thanks for sharing.

Bhargava,
Closer doesn't mean tight compositions. When one is closer to the subject there are many options to compose without cropping. The resultant file can than be printed or used.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi