It was a dark and rainy day... - a photo on Flickriver

            Some of the movements of birds in flight look increasingly dramatic to me. I view the RAW shots of this hawk and imagine Beethoven's frustration and anger as he lost his hearing and hear his strong Fifth and Ninth Symphonies in my head—something I couldn't see, hear, or express when looking with binoculars. 

I feel so grateful for camera gear now. 

Perhaps these birds express fierce frustration at and inconsolable sadness with human slowness to respond to their climate and habitats and trees. 

850mm, f/9, 1/1600, ISO 4000, manual exposure, heavy duty tripod

Taken on: November 12, 2019

Tags:

hawk

raining

small hawk

bird in flight

wild and free

Nikkor 500 f/4 lens

Nikon 1.7 teleconverter

Pacific Northwest

outdoors

outside

nature photography

photo therapy

selective focus

shallow depth of field

loss

Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus)

Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

climate crisis

loss of ecosystems

global warming

climate emergency! « less

Sets appears in: • Raptors

Groups appears in: • Flickr Bird Brigade • Maximal minimalism more » • Flickrology • Flickr for Future « less

Camera: Nikon D5, f/9.0, 1/1600 sec, 850mm, ISO 4000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5
Lens:	500.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	850mm
ISO:	4000
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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