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<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a01\/1500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Last Thursday I came across this adult Red-tailed Hawk perched near the top of a tree at Farmington Bay.\u00a0 I stopped my pickup on the dirt road\u00a0but when I got the bird in my viewfinder I could see that the setting was too cluttered and busy for shots that would appeal to me much.\u00a0 Given the direction the hawk was facing and the apparent open space in front of and slightly below the bird I was virtually certain that the hawk would take off away from me and give me only butt shots so I very nearly didn’t even attempt to get any take-off shots.<\/p>\n But my bird photographers\u00a0instinct took over at the last second\u00a0so I quickly\u00a0removed my tc and set up.\u00a0 After all, perhaps my images of the bird in flight from behind would reveal something interesting about its plumage or something else I couldn’t foresee…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Almost the very instant after I had removed the tc and got my lens trained on the bird again it twisted sharply on its perch…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0and turned to take off mostly in my direction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0I got a few shots as the hawk cleared the tree, though I clipped wings in several of them (if I’d had the tc on I’d most likely have clipped them all).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0I was pleased with this image with the wings up…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n