Sometimes I wonder if my camera lies to me about what it sees.<\/p>\n
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\nI photographed this Red-tailed Hawk yesterday morning in Wayne County, Utah just after it mated with another red-tail (naturally I missed those shots). The setting is so busy that the only reason I took a few shots is so I could later see if there was anything interesting about the bird. I have that habit.<\/p>\n
The bird seems unremarkable, including the size of its crop.<\/p>\n
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But when the hawk took off a few seconds later its crop appeared to be bulging almost to the point of rupture. I can’t reconcile the two images. Which one best represents reality or is reality somewhere in between the two images? It makes me wonder if I don’t sometimes rely too much on my photos as representative of “fact”.<\/p>\n
On another note, I was impressed by the agility and athleticism of this bird as it avoided all those branches when it took off.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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Sometimes I wonder if my camera lies to me about what it sees.<\/p>\n