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<\/p>\nIt isn’t unusual to get almost identical images of a perched bird but it’s another story when they’re in flight.<\/p>\n
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1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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 photographed this male Northern Harrier this past spring as it hunted along the causeway to Antelope Island. I would stop my pickup and photograph him as he approached me and then rush to get ahead of him and do it again. He gave me several opportunities that way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/1600, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Roughly a minute and 55 frames later I got this shot that is very similar to the previous one. The lighting, flight posture and background of the two images are almost identical but it’s the flight posture that surprised me the most. In both images the right wing is in a vertical position and the left wing is horizontal or nearly so. That particular flight posture doesn’t occur often so I was surprised to get two images so similar. Because of the side light I didn’t get a lot of light on the face in either image but I believe\u00a0that bright yellow eye helps to compensate for that.<\/p>\n Because of internet problems this morning\u00a0this post may not be as “polished” as usual. In fact I’ll be lucky to get it posted at all…<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It isn’t unusual to get almost identical images of a perched bird but it’s another story when they’re in flight.<\/p>\n![\"northern](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/northern-harrier-5010-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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