{"id":9805,"date":"2013-10-16T05:44:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T11:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=9805"},"modified":"2026-01-04T12:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:43:52","slug":"a-dark-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/10\/16\/a-dark-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk On The Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DarkDark juvenile Red-tailed Hawk lifting off – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

Quite\u00a0often I don’t have much time at all to get ready to take images because\u00a0you\u00a0need to get close to the subject, find a good angle of light and make sure your camera settings will produce the best image\u00a0for the conditions.<\/p>\n

This dark juvenile Red-tailed Hawk<\/span><\/a> was difficult to find the right exposure for because of how dark it is in contrast to the very light tree bark. Before I could get the exposure right the juvenile hawk lifted off…<\/p>\n

\"DarkDark juvenile Red-tailed Hawk fly by\u00a0– Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited<\/span><\/p>\n

And flew past me. The\u00a0images came out better than I expected though and I am happy with a few from the series of its lift off and flight. And it is such a handsome individual too.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Quite often I don’t have much time at all to get ready to take images because you need to get close to the subject, find a good angle of light and make sure your camera settings will produce the best image for the conditions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[27,1022,697,449,26],"tags":[4021,2663,4170,4052,4122,4169,4067,4071,153,4209],"class_list":["post-9805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-red-tailed-hawks","category-utah","tag-bird-photography","tag-birds-of-prey","tag-buteo-jamaicensis","tag-flight","tag-flying","tag-hawks","tag-immature","tag-juvenile","tag-raptors","tag-red-tailed-hawk"],"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