{"id":20216,"date":"2013-11-26T05:53:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T12:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=20216"},"modified":"2013-11-26T07:01:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:01:44","slug":"a-shot-ive-been-after-for-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/26\/a-shot-ive-been-after-for-a-long-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Shot I’ve Been After For A Long Time…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hope you’ll forgive me back to back posts on the same species but there’s a shot that has eluded me for years and yesterday at Farmington Bay I finally got it.<\/p>\n

I’ve long wanted a quality image of a Northern Harrier in a 90 degree bank in\u00a0nice light,\u00a0good eye contact with a catch light,\u00a0and a background other than sky.\u00a0 And it must be\u00a0sharp<\/em> with no body parts clipped.\u00a0 I’ve come close\u00a0several times\u00a0but there was always an element or two missing.<\/p>\n

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\"northern<\/a>1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This bank isn’t quite 90 degrees but it’s close enough for me.<\/p>\n

I’ve found this kind of shot to be very difficult to get, especially with a background other than sky.\u00a0 This aerial maneuver usually requires significant flight speed and\u00a0by definition banking changes flight direction and speed\u00a0so it’s hugely challenging to maintain focus on the bird – especially with a background other than featureless sky.\u00a0 This bird was coming at me obliquely when it finally decided it was close enough and banked away.\u00a0 I was able to get several shots of the turn but this is the one\u00a0I liked best.<\/p>\n

It was such a refreshing change to\u00a0see a few raptors at reasonable distances\u00a0yesterday, instead of taunting me from\u00a0far away like they have been doing\u00a0for so long (when I could even find them).\u00a0 And then to finally get a shot that I’ve long been after – needless to say it was a good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hope you’ll forgive me back to back posts on the same species but there’s a shot that has eluded me for years and yesterday I finally got it.<\/p>\n

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