{"id":91619,"date":"2020-11-21T05:17:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T12:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=91619"},"modified":"2020-11-21T12:17:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T19:17:15","slug":"male-northern-harrier-looking-back-at-me-while-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/21\/male-northern-harrier-looking-back-at-me-while-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Northern Harrier Looking Back At Me While Banking"},"content":{"rendered":"

A flight posture I rarely get with a raptor in flight, especially when the raptor is a ‘Gray Ghost’.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven’t posted these photos in the past because I thought the harrier was too small in the frame, especially with a homogenous sky background. But yesterday when I stumbled upon them again I realized that they were sharp enough to withstand a little more cropping than I normally feel comfortable with.<\/p>\n

They were taken at Farmington Bay WMA five years ago yesterday.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 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

The process of banking in flight typically involves a sudden change of both speed and direction which makes it unusually difficult for the photographer to keep focus points locked on the bird and keep it completely in frame. Most often when I try to photograph a banking raptor the bird is either soft or I’ve clipped or cut off body parts. Or both. But with this short series I managed to keep my focus points on the bird and the bird in the center of the frame.<\/p>\n

As a bonus the harrier looked back at me providing an excellent look at his bright yellow eye.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 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

The second and last photo in the short series is very similar to the first one. The only significant difference between the two is that the left wing is extended a little further out in this last shot.<\/p>\n

Yes, I could wish I’d been closer and had a more interesting background. But it’s an elusive ‘Gray Ghost’ in an even more elusive flight posture and both photos are sharp and have excellent eye contact.<\/p>\n

So I’m trying to avoid being greedy.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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A flight posture I rarely get with a raptor in flight, especially when the raptor is a ‘Gray Ghost’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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