{"id":21870,"date":"2014-02-04T06:12:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T13:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=21870"},"modified":"2014-02-04T06:12:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T13:12:08","slug":"red-tailed-hawk-in-full-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-in-full-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawk In Full Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like the backgrounds provided by western mountains for birds in flight but as I’ve said previously backdrops with texture make it more difficult to get sharp focus lock on the bird.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21872\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-in-full-flight\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,716\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"8","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1390387429","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red-tailed hawk 0505 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley-300x238.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21872\" alt=\"red-tailed hawk 0505 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0505-ron-dudley-400x318.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, canvas added for composition,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>These are the Oquirrh Mountains of northern Utah two weeks ago.\u00a0 The patches of snow mixed with trees and bare soil provide the texture that makes the background more interesting than cloudless sky but also makes it more challenging to get focus locked onto the bird.\u00a0\u00a0Here the mountains are far enough away to make the task a little easier, even though this image isn’t quite tack sharp.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-in-full-flight\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"8","credit":"RON DUDLEY","camera":"Canon EOS 7D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1390387429","copyright":"","focal_length":"500","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":""}\" data-image-title=\"red-tailed hawk 0504 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21871\" alt=\"red-tailed hawk 0504 ron dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-0504-ron-dudley-400x285.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, 500 f\/4, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this frame I caught the wings up which caused a shadow on top of the head and neck that may not be ideal but I certainly don’t think it ruins the shot.\u00a0 Reflected light from snow on the ground provided good detail on the shaded underside of the right wing.<\/p>\n<p>This hawk was in full flight rather than just after takeoff as indicated by its flight posture and tucked feet.\u00a0 In this second shot I like the wing position, light, background and the good look at the red tail.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like the backgrounds provided by western mountains for birds in flight but as I’ve said previously backdrops with texture make it more difficult to get sharp focus lock on the bird.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/04\/red-tailed-hawk-in-full-flight\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> 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