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Here the female is about to take off from her perch on the side of a cliff. Once her wings were fully spread I cut them off in every shot – one of the obvious dangers of being too close to your subject for takeoff and flight shots.<\/p>\n
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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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
Here the female is in full flight as evidenced by her tucked feet but I was damned near too close for this one too. The photo is full frame (uncropped) but even so I had very little wiggle room for the tip of her left wing and not much more for her right one. I was lucky to keep all of her in frame.<\/p>\n
Over the last few weeks I’ve nearly saturated Feathered Photography with photos of the rufous female but I suspect these images will be about the last of her for a while. She’s probably incubating by now and even though her mate will assist her in that chore much of her time will be spent on the nest so I’ll likely have few opportunities with her.<\/p>\n
It was wonderful while it lasted.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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PS – It snowed last night. So much for spring weather…<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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More photos of the red beauty taken about 10 days ago. This time I’ll include a similar photo of her mate for the sake of comparison.<\/p>\n
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