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<\/p>\nA hulking menace appearing to guard her prey.<\/p>\n
A much shorter post today. After yesterday’s ultra-marathon edition of Feathered Photography I think we can all use a break.<\/p>\n
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1\/1000, f\/5.6, ISO 1250, 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 photo is from early January, 2018. I found this presumed female (based on size) Peregrine Falcon soon after sunrise as she was feeding on the remains of a frozen coot mostly hidden in the grass. It was damn cold and due to thick cloud cover the light was low as indicated by my camera settings. And almost everything in sight was covered with thick hoarfrost which set the mood for all of my photos that morning.<\/p>\n All we can see of the coot is a few black feathers sticking up out of the frosty grass, along with a couple of bloody bits that provide a small splash of much needed color to help tell the story in the otherwise low-color image. I think her hulking presence over the coot is intimidating, probably exactly as she meant it to be.<\/p>\n If we ever get any more super cold weather or that stuff called snow around here again I’ll have reasonable hope for another close up Peregrine Falcon opportunity similar to this one.<\/p>\n As it stands this impressively menacing female was my last one.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A hulking menace appearing to guard her prey.<\/p>\n