29Nov/099
My favorite raptor photo of the year
This image of the Harris's Hawk is so far my favorite raptor picture of the year. It is very challenging to take pictures of birds in flight and this one actually came out pretty well - the eyes are sharp and fully directed at me, which I really like in the photograph. There is one more image that is better than this one in terms of position of wings, but one of the wings got cut off from the frame (I was shooting hand-held) and it ruined the picture :(
The above image was captured with a Nikon D300 and Nikon 300mm f/4.0 AF-S lens.
Nasim Mansurov is a professional photographer based out of Denver, Colorado. He is the author and founder of The Mansurovs, along with a number of other online resources. Read more about Nasim here.
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11/29/2009 - 03:27
WoW cool shoot! Yesli ne sekret kakoye rastoyaniye bilo mejdu taboy i obyektom?
11/29/2009 - 12:32
Thank you!
Chestno govorya tochno ne pomnyu, no minimum metrov 5 bilo. I had to crop about 40% of the photo…
11/29/2009 - 04:57
Great photo. It’d be interesting to see some of your other collections.
11/29/2009 - 12:33
Thank you! I will post my other favorites soon. In fact, I’m planning to reorganize the gallery completely and get rid of all junk I have there, so stay tuned! :)
12/02/2009 - 07:59
Great shot of the bird. I know how difficult it can be.
12/02/2009 - 12:53
Morten, thank you! :)
How is winter in Norway for bird photography?
12/26/2009 - 12:58
Great shot!
12/26/2009 - 13:00
excellent photo!
12/26/2009 - 13:12
Thank you Tom! :)