{"id":40501,"date":"2016-07-02T05:29:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T11:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=40501"},"modified":"2016-07-02T05:29:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T11:29:46","slug":"red-tailed-hawk-in-flight-including-natural-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/02\/red-tailed-hawk-in-flight-including-natural-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-tailed Hawk In Flight, Including Natural Habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my flight shots the bird is typically large in the frame. I like that intimate look at a bird in flight and the feather detail that such a composition usually provides. But there’s often a tradeoff with that kind of\u00a0photo – the lack of habitat in the image. The bird fills so much of the frame that there’s not much room left for suggestions of habitat and many times there’s only sky in the background anyway.<\/p>\n

So for the sake of variety I also enjoy\u00a0photos where the bird is smaller in the frame and I can see natural habitat in the setting. This image is an example.<\/p>\n

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\"red-tailed1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS\u00a0USM + 1.4 tc,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this older image a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk is hunting along steep, rocky slopes near Frary Peak on Antelope Island. I’ve cropped the photo to include as much of the rocks at the bottom of the frame as possible which made the hawk fairly small in the frame. Instead of sky in\u00a0the background\u00a0we see\u00a0the sage-covered side of a mountain. The inclusion of significant natural habitat is a big plus for me and helps to place the hunting behavior we’re seeing into context.<\/p>\n

Yes, I do love photos where the bird is frame-filling but this type of image also has its place in my portfolio.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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In my flight shots the bird is typically large in the frame but there’s often a tradeoff with that type of photo. <\/p>\n

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