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<\/p>\nA beautiful though portly hawk and a colorful photo.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/7.1, 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 A little over a year ago while I had this Rough-legged Hawk in my viewfinder I had high hopes for some nice takeoff and flight shots but they didn’t pan out. In most of my photos I clipped or cut off body parts and to make things worse most of them, including this one, weren’t quite as sharp as I hoped they’d be. As I’ve discussed previously, on cold mornings sometimes that just happens.<\/p>\n But I keep coming back to it anyway. I like the variety of colors in the entire image, especially those of the bird and the lichen and snow covered rock. And the apparent portliness of the hawk suggests to me that it must have been a good winter for prey because this bird appears to have been getting plenty to eat.<\/p>\n Today we’re in a lull between storms and we actually have a chance for light so I’m hoping to go shooting later this morning. Maybe I’ll find another cooperative Roughie and who knows, maybe this time I won’t cut off body parts when it takes off.<\/p>\n Stranger things have happened.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A beautiful though portly hawk and a colorful photo.<\/p>\n