{"id":106707,"date":"2022-01-28T04:38:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T11:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=106707"},"modified":"2022-01-28T08:31:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:31:03","slug":"yesterdays-merlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/28\/yesterdays-merlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s Merlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

A male Prairie Merlin I believe but then I’m no expert on Merlin subspecies.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/8, ISO 640, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I had a brief encounter with this male Merlin near the Bear River. He landed here and appeared to hunt from the post briefly before taking off again. I missed the takeoff shot because I was changing my active focus point when he launched. Bad timing, again.<\/p>\n

In all the excitement of finding a Merlin and trying to maneuver my pickup into the best practical shooting position I also forgot to check my camera settings. For some mysterious reason (gremlins in my camera?) I was at f\/8 but things still worked out OK, although I do wish I’d been closer to him.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/8, ISO 640, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He didn’t give me much pose variety but a brief over the shoulder look while he was hunting allowed for a different composition.<\/p>\n

I struggle a little to tolerate all that shiny metal in my photos of him but rather than fight it I decided to..<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/8, ISO 640, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

embrace it with this composition of the previous photo.<\/p>\n

Besides, I like this shade of red and the graphic lines provided by the metal gate. In my advancing years I guess I’m becoming just a little more flexible.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A male Prairie Merlin I believe but then I’m no expert on Merlin subspecies.<\/p>\n

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