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22-AUG-2004

Fright flight - a Northern Harrier scares up some shore birds* by georgef8

Canon EOS 1D Mark II
1/1000s f/9.0 at 700.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Canon DSLR Challenge25-Aug-2004 06:58
Thanks for the kind comments. I apologize for deleting one of them while trying to edit my response.

This shot was pure luck. I was shooting black necked stilts and least sandpipers when a pair
of harriers arrived on the scene. This one is the female, I believe. Lens was a Canon 500mm F4 L IS with 1.4x teleconverter, hand-held with a Bushhawk shoulder stock.

georgef8
Guest 24-Aug-2004 20:48
Very nice colors and composition.
Canon DSLR Challenge24-Aug-2004 18:36
Fine lighting with great composition and colors. Roberta
Guest 24-Aug-2004 17:26
700mm! Blimey. What lens was this with? the DoF has worked out great with mega bokeh in the background and the prey still recognisable but also blurred. - Jono