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Fall time.I have been in a hide for a couple of hours. I knew I had some chance to be on the way of some Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) on the hunt. Because they were a roost of 8 of those not far from here. This adult female was often here.
So I have spent 5 times about 3 hours hidden in there. Several times they flew a few meters away from me not noticing me at all ! And this one female appeared to be in a magical position and very focused. Just before the last light vanished !
October 2008, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
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Thank you very much to You !
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Not at all... ^^ You're welcome!
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Thank you very much to you !
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This is simply stunning! I think you have a lot of patience, and certainly a good understanding of your subject, in order to be in the right place, and ready to get the shot.
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Thank You,
Yes I love those birds !
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Well worth the wait? A phenomenal photo
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great shot, perfect focus,birds in flight are very difficult especially when there coming toward you ..
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Thank You !
Yes, the light was going down and I had still to keep a good speed.
And I have noticed with my lens that an aperture of 4 is usually not enough to have a perfect focus, especially in flight, so I prefer let at least 5,6 or more.
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Thank You,
I know it's a magnificent bird !
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It takes a great bird and an amazing artist to produce such work!
you welcome.
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very cool shot! great flight action!
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Hello Dear Deviant Friend!
Your talent has been recognized and put on display in 
Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with
the World!
And remember, dear...
"Every successful artist has at least one person
who really believes in them." 
~ Patricia Piccinini; artist, sculptor
PLEASE FAVE THE ARTICLE TO BROADEN EXPOSURE.
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Thank you very much to You, Great DarkDeviousQueen !
Thank you for the message !
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You are most welcome, handsome.
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Thank you,
You may see some in Bulgaria, it's funny how females are much paler with yellow eyes. Those one have much more reddish paterns.
Thank you again !
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yes we have it in Bulgaria!Lovely birds,one day i saw one couple of Circus cyaneus in the fields,they hunted voles and was really great view for my eyes!I didn't take any image of them ,but I still remember that day ... one of the greatest thing of wildlife photography ,make you part of pretty amazing moments !
Bogdan
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Patience rewarded, what a magnificent shot of a magnificent bird.
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Thank you for the harrier !
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You have some great stuff. Wildflife can be hard to photograph.
DA is a good place to display it. You may want to watermark to protect from art theft.
Do you have any of wolves?
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Thank you very much, it's been a wonderful moment for me.
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Killer image! Love the light and the intensity..not an easy bird to photograph but you certainly aced it here!
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Thank you very much to you,
I visited your gallery quite quickly and I have to come back because it was impressive,
Take care,
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Congrats on the hard work paying off big!
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Marvelous, just marvelous!
I have tried using blinds but have not had much success. I've even tried leaving them up for several weeks. The birds still seem to notice where the lens is. What do you do to hide well enough?
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Thank You very much,
Off course, even in a blind, birds of preys arequite often wise enough to catch there is something wrong.
A good guess for harriers is a recently harvested field, they will come to hunt here first because it becomes suddenly easier to catch preys. For that shot, I was sat in a chair behind a big tire of a big thing to water the fields (whose I do not know the name in english, sorry), with a filet of camouflage on me and my camera.
When hunting, harriers always fly just a few meters over the land and always go against the wind.
A good guess is also to stay in your car on the side of the road, where they like to hunt. But you have to be here in place before they see you, if you move, they will keep away from you.
I hope that answered your question.
I wish you good luck
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Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought about a harvested field. Makes sense, and maybe good for other birds too, if there aren't any hawks around... I like the side of the road suggestion, it's worked for capturing red-winged blackbirds. I tried to catch a hawk while I was doing that but it saw me turn the camera...
I will look for likely locations, thanks for the good luck wish!
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WouW Superbe cette photo de face!
Et quelle lumière!
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