Grey Ghost

Posted by David Salem on Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:31 pm

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My buddy and I were out yesterday when we ran across a Passage (juvie) Peregrine that had just taken a coot. She left the coot as we didn't see her on the bank so we moved away to see if she would come back for her breakfast. She never came back but this beautiful male Harrier, also known as a Grey Ghost, came in to take the free prize. I have been shooting for many years and have never gotten close to a Ghost like this so needless to say my friend and I were elated!!

1DX---840mm---f7.1---ss1/2500th---ISO640---HH from truck @9:15am---35% crop

Thanks as always for looking and for your input. I appreciate it.

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by David Salem on Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:32 pm

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Forgot, Please click on the image to view the uncompressed more detailed file.

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by James Vellozzi on Mon Nov 21, 2016 11:04 pm

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Sweet capture Dave.. these birds are not easy to approach

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by ahazeghi on Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:44 am

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sweet shot man! hope he stays around for a while

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by KK Hui on Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:48 am

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Fantastic capture, David!
Your lucky day indeed ...

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by Dorian Anderson on Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:48 am

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Great find and shot - very unusual to get one on the ground!

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by Steve Kaluski on Tue Nov 22, 2016 2:46 am

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Nice one David, love the light & catchlight.

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by Carol Clarke on Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:13 am

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Isn't he gorgeous! A lucky day indeed David, excellent capture of this stunning subject with such sweet colours and light.

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by Karl Egressy on Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:28 am

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As good as it gets, David. Or to use a cliché; National Geographic quality in a good sense.

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by Debapratim Saha on Tue Nov 22, 2016 8:18 am

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Great capture indeed!! And a stunning natural history image....Congrats David!!

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by Denis55 on Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:24 am

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Congrats on winning first prize David!
A rare occurrence,and a sweet capture!

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by David Salem on Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:36 am

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Thanks so much for the comments everyone. It was a special experience and I'm glad you like the frame.

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by David J. Bogener on Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:32 am

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Nice behavioral image. Nice pose on the harrier and coot. They are difficult to photograph. Congrats.

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by Gene Gwin on Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:54 pm

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David, Simply Splendid.....

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by TerryWSmith on Wed Nov 23, 2016 12:09 am

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I would say it's one of those envy shots. We all want one.

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by Jim Urbach on Wed Nov 23, 2016 8:32 am

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awesome capture David

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:48 pm

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A special opportunity. Well done

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by Matthew Jones on Thu Nov 24, 2016 12:43 am

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Sensational capture David and a great story TFS

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by David Salem on Thu Nov 24, 2016 4:11 pm

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Thanks again everyone for the nice comments.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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Perfect in every way, as stated before "cannot get any better than this" I would have been over the moon. A huge congrats.

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