1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\nThese birds typically want to take off into the wind and on this day the wind direction was just right so that the hawk didn’t fly away from me as it\u00a0lifted off.\u00a0 So I got good light, an acceptable wing position and even a nice look at the vole with its eye visible.<\/p>\n
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I’ve been lucky in the past to get some nice shots of Short-eared Owls in flight carrying prey but my luck with hawks in the same situation has been abysmal.\u00a0 Whenever the opportunity does present itself it’s usually when the hawk has taken off away from me so all I get is another butt\u00a0shot with the head and eye hidden. \u00a01\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc These birds typically want to take off into the wind and on this day the wind direction was just right so that the hawk didn’t fly away from me as it\u00a0lifted off.\u00a0 So I got good light, an acceptable wing position and even a nice look at the vole with its eye visible. Ron<\/p>\n
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