{"id":74094,"date":"2019-08-01T05:14:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T11:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=74094"},"modified":"2019-08-01T05:46:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T11:46:38","slug":"rough-legged-hawk-in-a-fantailed-preening-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/01\/rough-legged-hawk-in-a-fantailed-preening-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough-legged Hawk In A Fantailed Preening Pose"},"content":{"rendered":"

A short post today. After everything involved with yesterday’s marathon post I’m plumb tuckered out. Even though I enjoy the creative process it takes a lot out of me. Besides, blog followers probably need a break from reading as much as I do from writing and processing images.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/8, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

In November of 2011 I spent a good long time with the most cooperative Rough-legged Hawk I’ve ever photographed. It posed and preened in good light as if it was a professional model trying to make a name for itself in the fashion world. Many of my photos were similar and I’ve posted several of them in the past but this is one of my two favorites out of hundreds. I featured this photo on my blog three years ago but I wanted to process the image differently so I decided to post it again.<\/p>\n

As you can see the ends of its tail feathers are kind of ratty-looking but they’re still in good shape. All they needed was to have the hooks between the individual feather barbs “re-zipped”.\u00a0When the hawk was finished preening it had a snazzy-looking tail once again.<\/p>\n

I wish that was all it took for me to look presentable.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This beauty was the most cooperative Rough-legged Hawk I’ve ever photographed.<\/p>\n

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