Arial combat

Gallery: AvianPosted December 1, 2012211 views8 comments

Is the time of year when one can start looking for and photographing Norther Harriers and Short-Eared Owls .They share the same hunting grounds and diet,this often leads to conflict between the two species over a vole or mouse found by one or the other.Was lucky enough to capture some of the action a couple of weeks ago.
Canon 500mm +1.4 .Canon Eos KK 1V .1/6400 at F8 . ISO 800. Subject distance 80 mtres.Agressive crop.
Critique and comments always welcome .thank you for looking.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 1, 2012 at 8:44 PM

Well caught! Closer would have been better, but the image holds detail well.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on December 1, 2012 at 8:48 PM

An impressive capture IMO. I used to be able to see this interaction in coastal New Jersey, but it always happened late in the day in low light and at too long of a distance.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on December 2, 2012 at 2:56 AM

You caught some great action here - I didn't know harriers and owls interacted.
Nice detail even with the large crop - could it be cropped even further?
Sandy

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Comment posted by John Clulow on December 2, 2012 at 8:27 AM

amazing insight into the natural world that folks like me would never see without the work of folks like you. Thanks!

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Comment posted by John Tobias on December 2, 2012 at 8:37 AM

Well done Suzanne

A very good capture of the interaction. Closer would be better, but you take what you can get in these situations. It might be just my monitor but it seems like the sky has a cyan cast to it. Still great photo, wish I had taken it. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Richard Olsen on December 2, 2012 at 11:40 AM

Very coo photo! I'd love to witness and photograph this kind of action.

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on December 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM

Nice capture of the interaction, Suzanne. The poses tell the whole story. Nice to see the catchlight in the owl's eye.

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Comment posted by Andrey Antov on December 2, 2012 at 10:27 PM

what a catch. Thank you for sharing.

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