Prairie Falcon

This adult female was hunting ducks along the shore of the Great Salt Lake and would occasionally land on rocks to scan the water and rest. This shot was taken just prior to take-off. Background is the lake.

7D, 1/3200, f/8, ISO 500, 500 f/4,(techs set for possible take-off) shot from pickup window on 11/27/12, cropped to 70% of original image, sharpened bird and perch, no additional processing or adjustments, natural light, no bait, no decoy, not set up or called in

Larger version provided

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