{"id":34145,"date":"2015-09-20T05:33:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T11:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=34145"},"modified":"2015-09-20T06:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T12:01:20","slug":"adult-swainsons-hawk-perched-and-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/20\/adult-swainsons-hawk-perched-and-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Swainson’s Hawk, Perched And In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

This light morph Swainson’s Hawk challenged my photo gear-swapping technique as I photographed it perched and taking off.<\/p>\n

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\"swainson's<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I found the bird twelve days ago in Montana’s Centennial Valley as it\u00a0perched on a fence post that was so old that it was falling apart. I was able to get close for some detailed shots but the\u00a0hawks tail was hidden and it wasn’t in the mood to pose so…<\/p>\n

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\"swainson's<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon<\/em> EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

I removed my teleconverter in hopes of getting some flight shots without clipping any body parts if it took off. With the bird smaller in the frame we can see more clearly that the background is the valley itself rather than mottled\u00a0sky. But as I watched the bird through my lens I realized that I was still<\/em> so close optically that I’d likely\u00a0clip wings if the bird launched.<\/p>\n

So I switched gear completely and reached for my older Canon 7D with attached 100-400mm zoom lens.<\/p>\n

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\"swainson's<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

And wouldn’t you know, even at only 400mm I still clipped both wings when it took off. At least I did it symmetrically… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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\"swainson's<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm, canvas added for composition,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the next shot in the burst I didn’t leave enough room to the left of the bird so I chose to add canvas there.<\/p>\n

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\"swainson's<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, a shot where I had enough room all-round.<\/p>\n

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\"swainson's<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon<\/em> EF100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this last\u00a0image the bird is a little tight up top and the\u00a0right wing is shaded but I liked it anyway.<\/p>\n

If I hadn’t been quite so close to the bird I could have stuck with my Mark II and with its faster burst rate I’d likely have two more images of this bird in flight to choose from. Whenever that happens I always wonder what I missed.<\/p>\n

Bird photographers are never satisfied…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This light morph Swainson’s Hawk challenged my photo gear-swapping technique as I photographed it perched and taking off.<\/p>\n

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