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<\/p>\nJust a short post today. I’ve had a lot on my plate recently.<\/p>\n
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1\/1200, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D,\u00a0Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This is an older shot of a Northern Harrier at Farmington Bay I’ve never posted before. It was taken on a frigid January afternoon which is unusual for me because I much prefer to photograph birds in the early morning.<\/p>\n I like the tilt of the bird’s entire body toward me, the raised right wing and the eye contact emphasized by the turn of the head in my direction. The tilted angle of the bird’s body and the raised wing made a big difference in allowing me to get light on many of the ventral surfaces with the sun relatively high in the sky.<\/p>\n The out-of-focus, frost and snow-covered phrags at the bottom of the background combined with the pale blue winter sky up top bring back many memories of freezing my patootie off at Farmington while photographing Northern Harriers, Bald Eagles and Barn Owls.<\/p>\n I know I’ve posted a lot of harrier photos over the years but I do love them, as evidenced by the vanity plate on my pickup and the graphic at the top of my blog. I’ve always kind of thought of harriers as my own personal mascot.<\/p>\n So this one is unlikely to be the last.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I know I’ve posted a lot of harrier photos over the years but I do love them, as evidenced by the vanity plate on my pickup and the graphic at the top of my blog. <\/p>\n