{"id":10699,"date":"2012-12-23T06:17:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T13:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=10699"},"modified":"2012-12-23T06:18:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T13:18:15","slug":"relaxed-male-northern-harrier-on-a-perch-i-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/23\/relaxed-male-northern-harrier-on-a-perch-i-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Relaxed Male Northern Harrier"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t post perched Northern Harriers\u00a0often because they’re usually partially hidden in vegetation or the perch is an unattractive one.\u00a0 Add to that the fact that they’re very nervous birds and typically won’t let me get close.\u00a0 In the rare case where I\u00a0can approach the bird,\u00a0nervousness is usually readily apparent.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

But three days ago this male made an exception for me.\u00a0 It was a cold morning and I guess he just didn’t feel like flying in\u00a0the frigid air\u00a0so he allowed me to approach reasonably close.\u00a0 The icing on the cake was that he was on a pleasing perch, in good light and I liked the natural setting and relaxed pose.\u00a0 I was also hoping for some take-off shots but when he launched he headed almost straight for me and I lost focus on him.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t post perched Northern Harriers\u00a0often because they’re usually partially hidden in vegetation or the perch is an unattractive one.\u00a0 Add to that the fact that they’re very nervous birds and typically won’t let me get close.\u00a0 In the rare case where I\u00a0can approach the bird,\u00a0nervousness is usually readily apparent.   \u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in But three days ago this male made an exception for me.\u00a0 It was a cold morning and I guess he just didn’t feel like flying in\u00a0the frigid air\u00a0so he allowed me to approach reasonably close.\u00a0 The icing on the cake was that he was on a pleasing perch, in good light and I liked the natural setting and relaxed pose.\u00a0 I was also hoping for some take-off shots but when he launched he headed almost straight for me and I lost focus on him. Ron<\/p>\n

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