{"id":3826,"date":"2012-01-18T07:55:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T14:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2012-01-18T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T15:43:12","slug":"just-a-shot-that-i-like-14-prairie-falcon-warming-in-the-early-morning-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/just-a-shot-that-i-like-14-prairie-falcon-warming-in-the-early-morning-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Shot That I Like… #14 – Prairie Falcon Warming In The Early Morning Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I’ve mentioned previously<\/a> in this\u00a0blog Prairie Falcons have been one of my\u00a0nemesis\u00a0birds for a very long time.\u00a0 But recently I had\u00a0several close up opportunities with the species.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\n

This juvenile falcon had been hunting smaller duck species along the shore of the Great Salt Lake and would occasionally rest on some shoreline rocks.\u00a0 This time I caught it enjoying the warming rays of the sun just minutes after sunrise.\u00a0 Here the\u00a0warm\u00a0light has just reached the bird and perch but hadn’t yet hit much of\u00a0\u00a0the water in the background.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I’ve posted several images of this species recently and perhaps I’ve overdone it but I guess my excitement over finally “conquering” a nemesis just got the best of me…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Addendum:\u00a0 A note to any bird photographers who may notice my camera settings for this image and wonder about them.\u00a0 I certainly didn’t need 1\/3200 shutter speed for this static image but I had already taken multiple shots of this\u00a0falcon with more appropriate settings for a perched bird so now that I had enough light I decided to increase my shutter speed in preparation for take-off.\u00a0\u00a0 But of course the bird took off\u00a0 facing away\u00a0from me so I deleted those images.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As I’ve mentioned previously in this\u00a0blog Prairie Falcons have been one of my\u00a0nemesis\u00a0birds for a very long time.\u00a0 But recently I had\u00a0several close up opportunities with the species.\u00a0   \u00a01\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc This juvenile falcon had been hunting smaller duck species along the shore of the Great Salt Lake and would occasionally rest on some shoreline rocks.\u00a0 This time I caught it enjoying the warming rays of the sun just minutes after sunrise.\u00a0 Here the\u00a0warm\u00a0light has just reached the bird and perch but hadn’t yet hit much of\u00a0\u00a0the water in the background.\u00a0 I’ve posted several images of this species recently and perhaps I’ve overdone it but I guess my excitement over finally “conquering” a nemesis just got the best of me… Ron Addendum:\u00a0 A note to any bird photographers who may notice my camera settings for this image and wonder about them.\u00a0 I certainly didn’t need 1\/3200 shutter speed for this static image but I had already taken multiple shots of this\u00a0falcon with more appropriate settings for a perched bird so now that I had enough light I decided to increase my shutter speed in preparation for take-off.\u00a0\u00a0 But of course the bird took off\u00a0 facing away\u00a0from me so I deleted those images.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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