Marsh Harrier

eccles · 22 Oct 2014

Snapped on 19th October at Westhay Moor NNR

Rustydon · 23 Oct 2014

A frame-filling sharp shot of these raptors Mike! - nice to see a male Marsh Harrier in close up - is it a largish crop?
May I suggest you lighten the image slightly to bring out those under-wing whites a little more; I think you have enough detail to allow this :thinking:

Russ

mex · 23 Oct 2014

What a great shot, I would agree with Russ, just needs a tadd lightening up.Nice one.

eccles · 23 Oct 2014

Thanks guys. Yes it's quite a large crop. I guess you're right about it being a bit dark. I wonder why I didn't notice it when I posted it. :thinking:

gramps · 24 Oct 2014

Great to capture it, I was watching one at Slimbridge this week but sadly it never came close enough for a capture

BillN_33 · 24 Oct 2014

I'd use the shadows slider rather the an exposure adjustment

an attractive bird …….. but I'm moving towards not over filling the frame with the subject and leaving a bird more space around it if it is not just a "record shot"

I wonder who suggested that?

the black fox · 24 Oct 2014

cracker

eccles · 24 Oct 2014

Thanks again guys. @Bill, not sure about filling the frame with this one. I know what you mean but when the bird is against a plain blue sky I feel there's little interest in adding a lot of background so I might as well go for the impact of the subject itself. Maybe I could have pulled back a bit more though.

u8myufo · 24 Oct 2014

A good shot Mike,exposure is bang on.

eccles · 24 Oct 2014

Thanks Rich. On the close cropping thing, to illustrate my point, I suggest that the shot below benefits more from pulling back to get the surroundings in because there ARE surroundings. Shame the shot isn't technically as good but hey ho....

Rustydon · 24 Oct 2014

Nice shot again mike, and exposure is more to my liking too

. Also, I take your point the type of surroundings in which the bird is seen flying, and its effect on cropping of the image.

Russ