{"id":2875,"date":"2011-08-08T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T11:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2024-02-04T06:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T13:54:07","slug":"red-shouldered-hawk-juvenile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/08\/08\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvenile\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JuvenileJuvenile Red-shouldered Hawk – Nikon D70, handheld, f5.6, 1\/200, ISO unknown, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light, not baited, not a set up<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week on a rainy day I reworked some older images from 2007 from when I was still photographing with my D70. This image is even older than the others I posted last week. I was only shooting in jpeg then and didn’t know how much better it was to use RAW. I’ve learned a lot since then!<\/p>\n

This very cooperative juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was used to the people who frequented Sawgrass County Park and it would land very close to humans. It landed on a roof of a pavilion very close to where I was standing so I took the opportunity to get some close up shots.<\/p>\n

Now, knowing how much more I can do in RAW file in ACR (Adobe Camera RAW) I could kick myself for not having switched to RAW sooner because I could have more easily salvaged some of the shots I took where my exposure wasn’t just quite right.<\/p>\n

It’s a beautiful raptor I think. I’m glad it landed so close to me.<\/p>\n

I’ll discuss RAW files more at a later date.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This very cooperative juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was used to the people who frequented Sawgrass County Park and it would land very close to humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,322,882,883],"tags":[4219,4142,4141,37,5370,4033,4169,3184,4067,4071,4104,3980,4046,4063,886,4218,4217,9464,4193],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-portraits","category-red-shouldered-hawks","category-sawgrass-county-park","tag-buteo-lineatus","tag-close-up","tag-fledgling","tag-florida-2","tag-forest","tag-hawk","tag-hawks","tag-hawks-of-florida","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-perched","tag-pinellas-county","tag-portrait","tag-raptor","tag-raw-files","tag-red-shouldered-hawk","tag-sawgrass-county-park","tag-swamp","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-close-up-mia-mcpherson-8317.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-Kn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8049,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/04\/07\/a-juvenile-red-shouldered-hawk-learning-to-hunt\/","url_meta":{"origin":2875,"position":0},"title":"Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk Learning To Hunt","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk was perched on a metal fence post so I opted to go for a portrait to remove the \"hand of man\".","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Red-shouldered Hawk juvenile on the ground, Sawgrass Lake Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-9079.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-9079.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-9079.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvenile-mia-mcpherson-9079.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7246,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/01\/25\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvenile-small-in-the-frame\/","url_meta":{"origin":2875,"position":1},"title":"Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile – Small In The Frame","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Five days ago I posted a Bald Eagle image where the eagle was small in the frame and explained that I felt that the setting was as important as the subject, I also feel that way about this image of a Red-shouldered Hawk juvenile perched in a tree.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk \u2013 Small in frame at Sawgrass Lake Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvie-mia-mcpherson-6198.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvie-mia-mcpherson-6198.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvie-mia-mcpherson-6198.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/red-shouldered-hawk-juvie-mia-mcpherson-6198.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9429,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/09\/12\/red-shouldered-hawk-from-sawgrass-lake-park-florida\/","url_meta":{"origin":2875,"position":2},"title":"Red-shouldered Hawk from Sawgrass Lake Park, Florida","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There are five recognized subspecies of Red-shouldered Hawks with the Florida Red-shouldered Hawks having the palest heads and plumage. 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