{"id":45674,"date":"2017-02-04T05:51:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T12:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=45674"},"modified":"2017-02-04T06:22:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T13:22:41","slug":"rough-legged-hawk-in-a-unique-flight-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/04\/rough-legged-hawk-in-a-unique-flight-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough-legged Hawk In A Unique Flight Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"

I seldom post the same species two days in a row but for this photo I’ll gladly made an exception. The image was taken three days ago at Farmington Bay WMA.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/9, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I skipped over this shot on my first review of the unprocessed files from that morning\u00a0because I assumed the head wouldn’t be sharp enough. Typically with the wings in positions similar to this my active focus points would lock on to one of\u00a0the wings and I\u00a0wouldn’t have enough depth of field to get the head (and\/or the other wing) sharp. But I’d forgotten that I’d removed my teleconverter and that I was shooting at f\/9\u00a0and that combination gave me significantly more DOF than I’m used to. As a result the entire bird is sharp or plenty sharp enough. Just goes to show the danger of making assumptions…<\/p>\n

Every time I look at this image I find something more to like, including:<\/p>\n