\u00a01\/1250, f\/5.6. ISO 800, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nThis is an image from two winters ago that I haven’t posted before because it was taken under overcast skies so the lighting was\u00a0far from ideal.\u00a0 But I loved the look at the topside of the hawk with the flared tail and upswept primaries so I decided to go for broke and post it anyway.<\/p>\n
With the low light my requisite camera settings gave me very little depth of field.\u00a0 I’ll admit that it was at least as much luck as skill that I locked focus on the body of the bird rather than one of the wings (which would have made the head and body soft).\u00a0 The blur of the wingtips is lack of depth of field, not motion blur.<\/p>\n
Last year I didn’t see many of these hawks until early November – kind of late for them I believe.\u00a0 I hope I don’t have to wait so long for them this year.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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No, the Roughies haven’t returned early from their northern adventures. It’s just that I got to thinking about them yesterday while looking through some older images and was reminded of how handsome they are and how much I look forward to their appearance in the fall.<\/p>\n
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