{"id":4306,"date":"2012-02-17T16:04:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2012-02-17T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T23:04:45","slug":"northern-harrier-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/17\/northern-harrier-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Harrier In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Usually winter has been the best time for me to photograph Northern Harriers but my opportunities with them have been relatively sparse this year.\u00a0 So with the season rapidly coming to an end I was delighted to find this cooperative bird yesterday morning near the Great Salt Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The harrier allowed a close approach while hunting and this time the light was favorable too.\u00a0 Occasionally the bird would look up and provide good eye contact.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/1600, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n

I found it difficult to get anything\u00a0but sky in the background but for this image it dipped down low enough\u00a0 for me to get the\u00a0lake as a backdrop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n

The sun was high enough that the far wing was usually shaded while\u00a0in the down position but I think there’s still enough light and detail there to make this work.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n

Here the bird was\u00a0a little\u00a0past me but the slight look back I got helped to compensate for that.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s very possible that this was my last good harrier opportunity until next winter\u00a0so I’m appreciative of\u00a0yesterday’s serendipitous encounter.<\/p>\n

Ron\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Usually winter has been the best time for me to photograph Northern Harriers but my opportunities with them have been relatively sparse this year.\u00a0 So with the season rapidly coming to an end I was delighted to find this cooperative bird yesterday morning near the Great Salt Lake.\u00a0   \u00a01\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 The harrier allowed a close approach while hunting and this time the light was favorable too.\u00a0 Occasionally the bird would look up and provide good eye contact.\u00a0     \u00a01\/1600, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 I found it difficult to get anything\u00a0but sky in the background but for this image it dipped down low enough\u00a0 for me to get the\u00a0lake as a backdrop.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 The sun was high enough that the far wing was usually shaded while\u00a0in the down position but I think there’s still enough light and detail there to make this work.\u00a0 \u00a0     \u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, 500 f\/4 Here the bird was\u00a0a little\u00a0past me but the slight look back I got helped to compensate for that.\u00a0 \u00a0 It’s very possible that this was my last good harrier opportunity until next winter\u00a0so I’m appreciative of\u00a0yesterday’s serendipitous encounter. Ron\u00a0 \u00a0   \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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