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<\/p>\nA handsome young raptor in a setting I like.<\/p>\n
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1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This is one of the juvenile red-tails I photographed occasionally in the Wasatch Mountains earlier this month – this photo was taken two weeks ago today. I was shooting slightly upward but I like the setting and I was close so I have very good detail.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Even with the dirt road so close to where “he” was perched he was relaxed and content so I never bothered to remove my teleconverter for possible takeoff shots. He didn’t give me many different poses but this head turn that has him looking out into open space appeals to me.<\/p>\n I like backgrounds such as this that include lots of warm, natural colors combined with snippets of blue sky and I think the complementary colors of the bird, rocks and lichens are a bonus.<\/p>\n My nit to pick? I wish we could see his feet.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A handsome young raptor in a setting I like.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/red-tailled-hawk-7660b-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"red-tailled-hawk-7660b-ron-dudley\\"")
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