{"id":91381,"date":"2020-11-14T06:14:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T13:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=91381"},"modified":"2020-11-14T07:06:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:06:04","slug":"northern-harrier-takeoff-and-flight-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/14\/northern-harrier-takeoff-and-flight-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Harrier Takeoff And Flight Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got this harrier series two days ago on the same morning I photographed the American Kestrel vs. Merlin fight<\/a><\/span><\/span>. I also photographed two other kestrels and a Red-tailed Hawk that morning so it was a good day for raptor photography.<\/p>\n

The following eight photos are consecutive shots in a burst. There are no skips.<\/p>\n

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While perched this adult female Northern Harrier was pretty far away and nestled into the brush pile so I’m not particularly fond of my photos of her on the ground. My only hope was takeoff and flight shots and this time I got lucky. She didn’t even make me wait very long.<\/p>\n

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She lifted off and almost immediately…<\/p>\n

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began a turn to her left which resulted in her body hanging from her wings at an interesting angle.<\/p>\n

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Here I like the corner to corner diagonal of her wings.<\/p>\n

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The photo in the series where I got my best look at the underside of her wings and tail.<\/p>\n

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Of course I was disappointed to clip a wing in this photo. I’m just lucky that this is the only shot in the series where I clipped anything.<\/p>\n

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By now she’s built up a pretty good head of steam so she’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep in the frame.<\/p>\n

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This is the last shot I got where she’s sharp ‘enough’ and completely in frame.\u00a0I do wish I’d been a little closer for better sharpness and detail but then I probably would have clipped or cut off even more body parts.<\/p>\n

Bird photography nearly always involves compromise.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I got this harrier series two days ago on the same morning I photographed the American Kestrel vs. Merlin fight. I also photographed two other kestrels and a Red-tailed Hawk that morning so it was a good day for raptor photography.<\/p>\n

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