{"id":43683,"date":"2016-11-21T05:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T12:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=43683"},"modified":"2016-11-21T05:50:19","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T12:50:19","slug":"american-kestrel-a-stiff-legged-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/21\/american-kestrel-a-stiff-legged-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"American Kestrel – A Stiff-legged Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the flip side of my recent post of a landing kestrel.<\/p>\n

Two days ago I posted a photo of a male American Kestrel as it landed <\/a>on a rusty old piece of machinery at Farmington Bay WMA. After that shot was taken I left the area but returned almost an hour later and the falcon was still hunting insects from the same perch. This time my goal was takeoff shots and I managed to get one that works well for me.<\/p>\n

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\"american-kestrel-3074b-ron-dudley\"1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is it. I like the stiff-legged push off, the good light on the face with light in the eye, the dappled background colors and patterns and the composition. In this case the horizontal wing position\u00a0works out well.\u00a0If I’d caught the wings in a dramatic vertical position I’m sure I’d have clipped them. Readers know how much I hate\u00a0to do that!<\/p>\n

This is almost certainly the same bird as in my previous post. If this handsome\u00a0fella continues to cooperate with me I may have to come up with a name for him…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This is the flip side of my recent post of a landing kestrel.<\/p>\n

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