{"id":118307,"date":"2022-09-06T04:57:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T10:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=118307"},"modified":"2022-09-06T05:16:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:16:47","slug":"prairie-falcon-with-prey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/06\/prairie-falcon-with-prey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Falcon With Prey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second thoughts.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f.6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This is an older photo of a Prairie Falcon with a Shoveler “she” had killed on the Great Salt Lake and then waited for it to drift ashore before claiming it. Her wings are partially raised because she was about to use them in an effort to drag the Shoveler over the rocks and further away from the water before enjoying her breakfast.<\/p>\n

I’ve posted other photos of this falcon to my blog in the past but not this one because of the yellow rock in front of the falcon’s left foot. Because that rock is very nearly the same color as the falcon’s legs and feet, none of the other rocks are that color, it’s right in front of her foot, and it has an almost organic shape, it distracts the eye as the viewer tries to figure out what it is. Is it part of one of the birds, or not? And if it is, what is it?<\/p>\n

But I like the photo (after all, it’s a wild Prairie Falcon with prey) and when I ran across it again last night I had second thoughts as I realized all I had to do was explain the rock to my viewers. Duh.<\/p>\n

Problem solved. If it was a problem in the first place.\u00a0 As my readers know, sometimes I overanalyze my photos.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Second thoughts. (Don’t worry, there’s nothing gory here)<\/p>\n

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