{"id":39854,"date":"2016-06-02T04:56:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T10:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=39854"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:52:19","slug":"adult-swainsons-hawk-in-golden-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/06\/02\/adult-swainsons-hawk-in-golden-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Swainson\u2019s Hawk in Golden Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Swainson's<\/a>Swainson’s Hawk in Golden Light – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

I often write about how I prefer to photograph my subjects in “sweet light” which means not long after sunrise or just before sunset. This image of a Swainson’s Hawk in golden light<\/span><\/a> was taken not long after the sun rose and I love how the light seems to make the hawk glow. It would not have glowed like this if the image had been taken even 30 minutes later.<\/p>\n

The hawk was perched on a fence post next to a road and I was only able to get a few frames of it because a log truck was coming from behind.<\/p>\n

The white spot on its forehead appears to be a small white feather, I am not sure if the feather belongs to the hawk or if it just some how was stuck on its forehead. It might be a feather from its chin? One of life’s little mysteries.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Swainson\u2019s Hawk photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This image of a Swainson’s Hawk in golden light was taken not long after the sun rose and I love how the light seems to make the hawk glow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39853,"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":[1513,27,223,12,206],"tags":[4004,5180,4430,2663,4200,3830,898,4254,4169,4104,153,465,4034,9122],"class_list":["post-39854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beaverhead-county-montana","category-avian","category-centennial-valley","category-montana","category-swainson-hawks","tag-adult","tag-back-view","tag-barbed-wire","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-swainsoni","tag-fence","tag-fence-post","tag-golden-light","tag-hawks","tag-perched","tag-raptors","tag-sun-rise","tag-swainsons-hawk","tag-sweet-light"],"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