{"id":146278,"date":"2023-11-10T05:49:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=146278"},"modified":"2023-11-10T08:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:37:07","slug":"common-raven-making-a-banking-turn-in-front-of-a-vertical-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/10\/common-raven-making-a-banking-turn-in-front-of-a-vertical-cliff\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Raven Making A Banking Turn In Front Of A Vertical Cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tough shooting. Seldom have I taken so many photos in such a short time and got so few I like.<\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I found a frisky, frolicking flock of 45-50 Common Ravens in a remote area of Box Elder County.\u00a0 They appeared to be having a blast as they rode the thermals in front of a very large, nearly vertical, lichen-covered cliff. They were often calling out as they playfully dived on each other and the erratic thermals, combined with their playful aerial maneuvers as they zoomed across the front of the cliff face, made them very difficult targets for my long lens.<\/p>\n

But the biggest problem for me as a photographer was that they were staying very close to the cliff face, probably because that kept them as far away from me and my pickup as possible. That put the background (the cliff) very close to them, so my active focus point usually grabbed onto the cliff instead of the bird. The Canon R5, at least in the hands of this photographer, had more than met its match.<\/p>\n

As a result, I usually got a sharp cliff and a soft bird. I spent about 40 minutes trying to photograph them in flight and got very few photos I like. This is one of them.<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I caught the raven in a steeply banking flight posture as ‘he’ began to turn the corner around the cliff. He’s sharp, his nearly vertical posture put good morning light on most of his ventral surfaces and I got a nice head turn with eye contact. I also like the good look at his legs and feet.<\/p>\n

It may not be a ‘pretty’ photo but I think it’s a good one technically. And besides, in my view a photo like this represents the rough and tumble raven quite well.<\/p>\n

I just wish he’d been calling when I took the photo. They often were.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Tough shooting. Seldom have I taken so many photos in such a short time and got so few I like.<\/p>\n

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