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<\/p>\nA short flight series.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n These are older photos of a Northern Harrier banking in flight as it hunted over the frozen marshes of Farmington Bay WMA in January. The tilted flight posture allowed the morning sun to illuminate all of the hawk’s ventral surfaces and the face and eye.<\/p>\n I like that we can see the frosty marsh at the bottom of the frame. It anchors the harrier in flight and demonstrates that I was shooting horizontally rather than aiming my lens upward as the bird flew by overhead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/2500, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n In the next photo in the burst I had more room on the right side of the frame so I had the option to crop the image to a horizontal composition. There’s little difference in the flight posture of the bird in the two photos but the horizontal framing in the second image provides a very different feel that I like.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n During much of the month of February I have to get my “Farmington fix” from older photos taken there rather than actually visiting the place. Right now it’s pandemonium out there with hordes of photographers and others looking for eagles and other raptors and acting crazy.<\/p>\n Yesterday I heard more reports of photographers in vehicles stopping in the middle of the fairly narrow dirt road to photograph birds so they were blocking the road and making it difficult or impossible for others to get by. And when they were called out for it they were completely oblivious regarding their poor manners and selfish and narcissistic behavior. Thankfully most veteran photographers know better but the newbies can make tensions run pretty high out there.<\/p>\n C’mon folks, all you have to do is pull off to either side of the road when traffic approaches. And avoid parking on those narrow bridges.<\/p>\n My blood pressure can’t take Farmington right now, even though after much unnecessary hassle I finally got my prescription for hypertension medication refilled late yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n Those little red pills are miracle workers but they do have their limits.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A short flight series.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/northeren-harrier-3109-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"northeren-harrier-3109-ron-dudley\\"")
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