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garrychisholm

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Aug, 2013

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And looking slightly annoyed. Gorgeous shot!

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congrats, fantastic, please check out my works.

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Funny how we "read" human expression in animals and sometimes inanimate objects. I can almost hear the bird making a wry comment out the "side of the mouth"!

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Behind The Lens

Location

The Raptor Foundation in Cambridgeshire, UK

Time

From memory it would have been around the middle of the day

Lighting

From memory it was an overcast day but with sufficient light to take effective shots without making too many adjustments to the camera settings

Equipment

My old faithful Olympus e-420 which has seen much better days (it is held together with tape) but I am so comfortable with it that I cannot bring myself to change it; 70-300mm lens; F8; ISO400; focal length 202mm; 1/320 sec

Inspiration

This very regal looking Ferruginous Hawk was showing some great attitude on the day. I took a number of shots but this was the first one where the hawk looked straight down the lens at me. The intensity of the stare was exactly what I had been hoping to capture as, for me this showed the true character of this stunning looking bird.

Editing

I didn't apply any post-processing as it was not necessary to do so. For me the original capture encompassed everything I had been looking to achieve with this subject.

In my camera bag

Aside from my 70-300mm lens which seldom leaves the main camera body, I also have a 35mm macro lens and a 40-150mm lens. I always carry a couple of spare fully charged batteries and also some spare compact flash memory cards. I also carry a couple of raincovers for the camera in case of inclement weather.

Feedback

Given pretty much all of my wildlife pictures are taken of animals in captivity, the first thing I tend to check is the background behind the subject. I try to make my pictures as authentic as possible and there is nothing worse than getting wire meshing or enclosure supporting posts in the picture. With captive wildlife I find it very important to ensure the animal is at ease with my presence. The more I blend into the background the more the animal is likely to behave normally. Most of all, it is essential to have lots of patience when photographing wildlife. You may be lucky and get the shot you're looking for but all too often, the right shot doesn't come along for quite some time but when it does the result is well worth waiting for.

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