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<\/p>\nSometimes I like a photo with significant flaws more than I thought I would.<\/p>\n
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1\/500, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n I found this female American Kestrel at Farmington Bay WMA on Christmas morning. In some ways it’s a fairly atypical photo for me to post because the light was poor, I was shooting at a steep angle, the setting is cluttered and it’s pretty close to a butt shot.<\/p>\n But I like the intense eye contact that includes a catch light in both eyes, even in these poor lighting conditions. I’m sure she isn’t giving me a look of endearment. It’s more like stink eye but you certainly can’t say I don’t have her attention. I also like the even light on the bird, the nice plumage detail and the fact that I had enough depth of field to get her sharp, or sharp enough, from stem to stern.<\/p>\n This is one of those situations where I almost didn’t aim my lens at her because of the four conditions mentioned above. But pixels are cheap so I fired off a burst or two and ended up liking some of my photos of her more than I thought I would.<\/p>\n In bird photography you just never know unless you pull the trigger and look at the photos. Dang, I’m glad I’m not shooting film these days.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes I like a photo with significant flaws more than I thought I would.<\/p>\n