{"id":21702,"date":"2014-01-27T04:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=21702"},"modified":"2014-01-27T17:54:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T00:54:15","slug":"surprise-harrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/27\/surprise-harrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Harrier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Usually when I photograph Northern Harriers they are\u00a0my intended subject.\u00a0 Yesterday morning this bird was an exception\u00a0as it caught me completely unprepared.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I was photographing Pied-billed Grebes and a lone Common Merganser at Farmington\u00a0from my pickup\u00a0when this\u00a0adult female harrier (thanks for the correction, Jerry L.)\u00a0suddenly appeared above the phragmites behind the pond.\u00a0 I had no time to make any appropriate adjustments so I simply\u00a0swing my lens up and fired away.\u00a0 The pond had been relatively dark and the sky was much brighter so\u00a0my shutter speed was off the charts and the bird somewhat underexposed.\u00a0 If I’d been shooting in JPEG rather than RAW I’d likely have trashed the shot.<\/p>\n

As the hawk passed over the back edge of the pond it suddenly banked away which gave me good morning light on the entire ventral surface.\u00a0 There appears to be snow on\u00a0her bill\u00a0and the gray sky color is our morning haze fairly\u00a0low near the horizon.<\/p>\n

Harriers have been unusually scarce at Farmington for most of the winter but yesterday a few of them made an appearance.\u00a0 I hope they continue to do so…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Usually when I photograph Northern Harriers they are my intended goal. Yesterday morning this bird was an exception as it caught me completely unprepared.<\/p>\n

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