Harriers

I've been tempted back to trying to capture some wildlife shots this last few days. I have a shot in mind, but the window of opportunity is small (about an hour) and the birds fickle.

A full frame camera's low light performance and focus tracking would be beneficial, but so would the reach of a crop sensor. It's hard to decide which route to take.

The first of the shots below is closest to what I'm after - a harrier hunting over the reedbed with an evening sky as the backdrop.

This third shot is of an unexpected hen harrier which came even closer - but the autofocus went haywire and I got a slightly blurry shot that should have been spot on. So it goes.

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