1\/1000, f\/9, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, Canon 40D,\u00a01.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nOn this day I had been\u00a0photographing the occasional Northern Harrier as it passed in front of me, usually from\u00a0left to right as\u00a0it hunted along a road edge at Farmington Bay.\u00a0 I attempted to get as much depth of field as possible so I was shooting at f\/9 but my old Canon 40D doesn’t handle noise particularly well so I didn’t dare go above ISO 500.\u00a0 With the bird at this angle and the camera\u00a0at these settings the wings are soft, particularly the right one.<\/p>\n
But the soft wings in this shot work just fine for me for two reasons:\u00a0the motion blur\u00a0provides a sense of movement that would not exist if the wings\u00a0were sharp and to my eye their softness, in contrast to the sharp face and direct stare from the bird, helps to focus my attention on the amazingly bright and colorful\u00a0eyes of the male harrier.<\/p>\n
But it’s all a matter of taste.\u00a0 Some folks don’t like blurred wings,\u00a0ever.\u00a0 Others\u00a0often prefer them.\u00a0 \u00a0I’ve actually deleted images similar to this one (but without the direct stare) because of motion blur that didn’t appeal to me.<\/p>\n
To quote Sly and the Family Stone,\u00a0“Different strokes for different folks”.\u00a0 And yes, I am that old…<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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