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A stunning sight and nerve racking seeing these beautiful big birds full frame in your camera lens.
I was so nervous of messing these shots up I was almost shaking and I had to take a few deep breaths and recompose myself, why you may ask, well because it is extremely rare to get this close to one of these beauties as they are very nervous of us Humans and rightly so really.
In 4 years of photographing wildlife, buying new longer lenses, camo gear, my wife telling me I have lost the plot when I buy a gillie suit, all the effort, all the patients and time spent sitting and waiting to get reasonably close to the Harrier and it finally pays off.
I now have a fantastic series of shots from this wonderful Bird of prey, all I need to do now is make sure I don't mess them up in PS with over processing them.
What's your thoughts guys and girls
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
| Lens: | 240-600mm |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 19 Mar 2012 - 4:44 PM |
| Focal Length: | 600mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/5.7 |
| Aperture: | f/8.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/1000sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | Marsh Harrier |
| Username: | 
ianrobinson |
| Uploaded: | 20 Mar 2012 - 9:09 AM |
| Tags: | Birds of prey, Marsh harrier, Raptors, Wildlife / nature |
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| Votes: | 57 |
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Good to see those Ghillie suits are worth their weight in gold Ian 
Fabulous capture mate.
very nice indeed i went out the other night and got set up a buzzard came swooping in just beside me but i hadnt got the camera out of my bag at this point i just sat and watched because i knew the moment i moved he was going to be off ,gutted. keep them coming atb wayne
"all the patients" - how many people did you injure Ian 
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Superbly captured, I'm not a bird man but I do recognize the work that goes into these images. A very classy image.
Dave
Wow. Well done. Your patience has certainly paid off Ian
jenni
wow what a great surprise coming home and seeing three awards and all the comments and votes on this Harrier, thank you very much guys and girls very much appreciated coming from fellow togs.
Ian
A fantastic image Ian. My wife too thinks i'm crackers when I go out in the gullie suit, but
are'nt they brilliant things.
Colin
thank you guys for your comments and votes, glad to see i am not the only crazy one then Colin
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