{"id":167036,"date":"2025-02-26T05:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=167036"},"modified":"2025-02-26T05:26:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:26:37","slug":"a-male-northern-harrier-in-flight-as-the-canon-r5-shines-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/26\/a-male-northern-harrier-in-flight-as-the-canon-r5-shines-again\/","title":{"rendered":"A Male Northern Harrier In Flight As The Canon R5 Shines Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, a last look at the male Northern Harrier I photographed along the Antelope Island causeway a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been posting quite a few harrier shots lately, so I promise, these are the last I’ll post for a while.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I repeatedly made a significant error that morning. The harrier ended up flying about four miles east as he was hunting along the causeway so my strategy was to drive ahead of him, then stop and wait for him to show up. I did that again and again but I kept stopping too soon, so by the time I got my lens on him he was often already slightly past me – like in this shot.<\/p>\n

I got many shots like this one, that I like a lot, except for him being past me already.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll close with three consecutive shots of the same male that, without the Canon R5, I’d have been unable to get sharp.<\/p>\n

For this series, he was flying just behind a long stand of dried vegetation that was between me and the bird. I kept expecting my active focus point to lose the bird and lock onto the vegetation but…<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

it didn’t.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

It stuck with the bird, even when I started cutting off body parts in photos taken after this one.<\/p>\n

If I’d been using my previous camera, the Canon 7D Mark II, I’d have had virtually no chance to do this well in this situation. This last shot isn’t quite as sharp as the others, but I think it’s plenty sharp enough.<\/p>\n

The R5 is old enough now that newer camera models have surpassed it. But it still impresses me. Regularly.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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As an old guy I like old things and the aging R5 still impresses me. (4 photos)<\/p>\n

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