Happy Hunting Harrier

December 4, 2018

birds / Nature / Photography

Thanksgiving morning. November 22, 2018. On the first morning of clear air after the smoke from the recent Northern California fire washed away in very welcome rain, my wife and I took a walk by the marshes at the south end of the San Francisco Bay. As we discussed our immediately upcoming Thanksgiving chef duties, I tracked this Northern Harrier hunting for her own Thanksgiving meal. This series was shot over the course of about seven seconds. Harrier ended up happy. Photographer too. (Nikon D500, Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR zoom.)

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The AuthorMichael Scandling

California based fine-art photographer featuring abstract, impressionist, and minimalist seascapes — near and distant — and floral-based images. Fine-art photography can be seen at www.amagaphoto.com All original images on this blog are copyright 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Michael Scandling. All rights reserved. No images on this site may be copied, duplicated, reused, published, or re-purposed in any way without express permission from the copyright owner, Michael Scandling.

11 Comments

Gary Zweig says
- December 4, 2018
FABULOUS capture Light great, illumination excellent 👍

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Michael Scandling says
- December 5, 2018
Thank you. The back light was indeed fantastic.

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Michael says
- December 5, 2018
Wonderful – nothing like backlit feathers

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Karen says
- December 5, 2018
This is beyond fine. Steller begins to name it. Love love love these images.

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Amy says
- December 8, 2019
Great action series, Michael. The clarity is incredible!

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- Michael Scandling says
  - December 8, 2019
  Thank you. Stand by: daily posts for a little while. It just keeps getting better. It was an amazing few minutes.
  
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- Michael Scandling says
  - December 8, 2019
  Oops. I replied to the wrong reply. The reply I meant to reply to was for the current series.
  
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Adrian Lewis says
- December 10, 2019
Beautiful pictures, particularly like the backlighting, and the size of the birds in the frames.

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- Michael Scandling says
  - December 10, 2019
  Thank you. Magic moments. The entire series was shot in seven seconds.
  
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