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I have many harrier frames under my belt but this happened to be a unique frame from SoCal. The recent storms have brought an early wave of snow across the state and the snow covered mountain top provided a unique back drop for this image not commonly seen or associated with this low land raptor, at least in CA. Hope you like it

Shot with D850 and 500 PF +TC-14E III ISO 1000 f/8 at 1/3200 sec hand held from Dave's truck. Processed with C1P

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Dec 03, 2019 at 02:09 AM

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Lovely shot

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Dec 03, 2019 at 08:48 AM

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Shot with D850 and 500 PF +TC-14E III ISO 1000 f/5.6 at 1/3200 sec hand held from Dave's truck. Processed with C1P

Thanks for sharing this lovely shot. Couple questions for my learning:
1. I'm presuming you were at F8 with the 500PF+TC1.4III combo. How well does D850 tracking work for you at F8 (vs. F5.6)?
2. Have you tried the D500 with this setup? I'm curious if your keeper rate is better with the D850 (vs. D500) for the 500PF+TC1.4III.

Dec 03, 2019 at 09:01 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Harrier against snow!

Great shot Arash. The snowy mountains do make for a nice unique (for a harrier) background.

TFS
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Dec 03, 2019 at 12:20 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Harrier against snow!

Thumbs up for the angle and catch light.

Dec 03, 2019 at 01:46 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Harrier against snow!

thank you all

Dec 03, 2019 at 11:23 PM

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Tstop wrote:
Thanks for sharing this lovely shot. Couple questions for my learning:
1. I'm presuming you were at F8 with the 500PF+TC1.4III combo. How well does D850 tracking work for you at F8 (vs. F5.6)?
2. Have you tried the D500 with this setup? I'm curious if your keeper rate is better with the D850 (vs. D500) for the 500PF+TC1.4III.

Thanks for your comments, yes it was f/8.

Unfortunately both D850 and D500 are Somewhat poor when it comes to AF at f/8 for serious BIF work. Here I had no other choice because I was traveling and didn't have my big six, the birds were far and I had to use the TC but I would avoid it where possible. Only the D5 has acceptable focus performance at f/8 (see my review http://arihazeghiphotography.com/blog/nikon-d850-review/)

Hope this helps

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Dec 03, 2019 at 11:37 PM

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incredible capture, nice work

Dec 04, 2019 at 12:35 AM

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Beautiful image! The snowy background is unusual but it looks great. The position of the bird, the light, the position of the head and the catch light in the eye all add up to a great image.

Dave

Dec 04, 2019 at 12:38 AM

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Thanks guys

Dec 04, 2019 at 12:25 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Harrier against snow!

what a great pose and superbly photographed by you, as usual

Dec 04, 2019 at 04:27 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Harrier against snow!

Stunning image!

Dec 04, 2019 at 06:32 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Harrier against snow!

What a wonderful BIF capture.

Dec 04, 2019 at 06:50 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Harrier against snow!

Thanks this is very helpful. Your reviews of the D850 and D5 for BIF photography are highly informative.

Dec 04, 2019 at 10:38 PM

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Top notch, Arash. Could be a scene from up here.
Rex

Dec 05, 2019 at 02:07 AM

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Thank you all again

Dec 05, 2019 at 12:28 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Harrier against snow!

Excellent work as usual Ari!

Dec 06, 2019 at 12:37 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Harrier against snow!

thanks Juan hope all is well

Dec 06, 2019 at 01:07 PM


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