1\/2000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 271mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\nThis is the only shot that had any light in the eye at all.<\/p>\n
I’ve always been a sucker for compositions of birds in flight where the subject mostly fills the frame diagonally from corner to corner. When they’re at that angle their tail is usually widely spread and that flight posture often provides a bit of drama that I appreciate. And in this image I like the mountains in the background, the horizon line that grounds the bird and the fence post perch the hawk just vacated.<\/p>\n
True, my smaller zoom lens doesn’t have quite the image quality\u00a0of my larger prime lens and the background is less blurred and creamy at these shorter focal lengths but I got the shot without clipping or cutting off any body parts.<\/p>\n
And given that choice I’ll take the unclipped image almost\u00a0every time.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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