{"id":48813,"date":"2017-06-06T05:02:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T11:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=48813"},"modified":"2017-06-06T05:08:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T11:08:36","slug":"ferruginous-hawk-perched-taking-off-and-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/06\/ferruginous-hawk-perched-taking-off-and-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferruginous Hawk Perched, Taking Off And In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

This largest of the North American buteos put on quite a show for me as it lifted off in beautiful light with dark mountains in the background.<\/p>\n

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Four days ago I\u00a0photographed this magnificent raptor in Tooele County as it\u00a0perched at the top of a hill with the Stansbury Mountains in the background. The bird was in\u00a0nice light and the much\u00a0darker mountains provided a backdrop that I like a lot.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n

The hawk gave enough indication that it was about to take off that I could “plan” for it but this time my plan went amiss. The\u00a0large\u00a0hill slopes steeply immediately in front of the bird and I figured the big, heavy\u00a0bird would use its elevation as a tool to avoid\u00a0expenditure of extra energy by\u00a0taking off at a horizontal or\u00a0slightly downward angle\u00a0so I instinctively allowed\u00a0plenty of room in the frame below the bird. That was a mistake because…<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n

it meant that I clipped the wings on the most dynamic pose in the series (despite the clipped wings I included this image for you Marty K, since you asked to see it…).<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n

This is the photo I posted several days ago but I wanted to include it in the series for continuity.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n

As the hawk gained elevation it reached a notch in the mountains in the background that…<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 320, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/p>\n

placed it almost entirely against blue sky.<\/p>\n

But then things went south on me. As soon as the bird reached more mountains on the right I lost focus on the hawk. I have 24 more shots where the bird is either slightly soft or\u00a0a blurry blob – once I lost my lock on the hawk I\u00a0just couldn’t reacquire it\u00a0and that\u00a0broke my heart. I probably had more focus points active (5) than I should have and my camera couldn’t decide if my intended\u00a0subject was the\u00a0hawk or the background mountains.<\/p>\n

It’s all part of the game – in bird photography “stuff” happens. But next time it occurs I hope it isn’t with a subject as magnificent as a Ferruginous Hawk in flight.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This largest of the North American buteos put on quite a show for me as it lifted off in beautiful light with dark mountains in the background.<\/p>\n

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