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2 Comments | Report
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 November 18, 2016
Awesome capture in flight!
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel June 15, 2018
Wonderful fall background for this raptor. The fence adds to the attraction of this image.
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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken on the back roads in Calgary Alberta, I was on my way to photograph some ducks in a near by pond when I came across this beautiful raptor sitting on the fence post. I was able to pull over and take a couple of shots before he flew off the post.

Time

This was taken on an autumn day about mid-day. Sometimes you don't have control over what time of day you see wildlife.

Lighting

As this was mid-day I was lucky that it was a bit overcast which helped to not over expose the background too much.

Equipment

My Sigma 150-500 mm was on my Nikon D800 and as I pulled over I grabbed my camera and used the open window to rest my camera on to minimize camera shake.

Inspiration

This was a case of being in the right place at the right time...so luck played an important part in the inspiration of this image.

Editing

I brought it into ACR and did some minor adjustments then into Photoshop where I cropped some of the lower fence out.

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On this occasion I only had my Nikon D800 and the Sigma 150-500 mm lens attached.

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