{"id":44911,"date":"2017-01-08T06:20:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T13:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=44911"},"modified":"2017-01-08T06:54:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T13:54:45","slug":"rough-legged-hawk-take-off-series-by-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/08\/rough-legged-hawk-take-off-series-by-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough-legged Hawk Take Off Series – By Request"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had several requests from readers asking me\u00a0to post some of the clipped shots I took of yesterday’s Rough-legged Hawk taking off. This sequential series of five images is my response to those requests and it includes two\u00a0additional\u00a0photos that weren’t clipped.<\/p>\n

The hawk was photographed two days ago in Box Elder County in extreme cold (as low as -22\u00b0 F that morning) and deep snow.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 330mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Because there’s value in seeing the entire series in the same post I’m beginning with the same image I posted yesterday. Here the hawk is about to take off with a portion of a bird (a wing I think) it had in its talons.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 330mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

At the exact moment of liftoff I was quite disappointed to have clipped a wing. This image might have been my favorite of the bunch if that wing hadn’t been clipped.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 330mm, canvas added for composition,\u00a0not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the next photo the bird was quite close to the top of the frame so I added canvas up there to improve the composition. I don’t like to add canvas but when I do it anyway (which isn’t often)\u00a0I always disclose what I’ve done.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 330mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here the end of the right wing has been more than just clipped – it’s been\u00a0cut off.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 330mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And in the final image of the series we’ve lost almost all detail in the setting so the hawk is pretty much isolated against a featureless background.<\/p>\n

Despite some obvious flaws I always enjoy seeing a series of sequential shots like this for the continuity of action it provides. It fills in some of the gaps that otherwise have to be provided by my imagination when I see only a single image.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I’ve had several requests from readers asking me to post some of the clipped shots I took of yesterday’s Rough-legged Hawk taking off. This sequential series of five images is my response to those requests and it includes two additional photos that weren’t clipped.<\/p>\n

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