{"id":15845,"date":"2014-09-17T05:10:59","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T11:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15845"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:18:25","slug":"close-up-of-a-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/09\/17\/close-up-of-a-red-tailed-hawk-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Close Up Of A Red-tailed Hawk In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CloseClose up of a Red-tailed Hawk in flight – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

There are times when the birds I want to photograph are too far away and then there are times when the birds get too close, this Red-tailed Hawk got too close.<\/p>\n

I photographed this Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> on September 4th in Utah County and created the image as the hawk lifted off from a power pole across the road.<\/p>\n

If I had turned my camera vertically I may have been able to avoid clipping the left wing or if I had been a bit farther away it might not have been an issue.<\/p>\n

I decided I like the image despite the clipped wing because of the fine details, great eye contact, and the pose of the hawk.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more\u00a0 of my Red-tailed Hawk photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are times when the birds I want to photograph are too far away and then there are times when the birds get too close, this Red-tailed Hawk got too close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,449,26,1592],"tags":[4004,2663,4170,4142,4052,4122,4033,4169,2386,11852,153,5446,4209,4018,2315],"class_list":["post-15845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","category-utah-county-utah","tag-adult","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-close-up","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-utah","tag-ranchlands","tag-raptors","tag-red-tailed-hawks","tag-red-tailed-hawk","tag-sky","tag-summer-3"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t