{"id":20,"date":"2014-11-05T00:58:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T06:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/?p=20"},"modified":"2015-01-13T11:11:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T17:11:46","slug":"chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bird&#8217;s Eye View<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CH2_BirdsEyeView_IMG_9434-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-53 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CH2_BirdsEyeView_IMG_9434-copy.jpg\" alt=\"CH2_BirdsEyeView_IMG_9434-copy\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CH2_BirdsEyeView_IMG_9434-copy.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CH2_BirdsEyeView_IMG_9434-copy-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traditionally it&#8217;s a drive down Hwy 89 from Livingston, in through\u00a0the park entrance. It just feels right! Making my way from Mammoth, over Dunraven Pass, through Hayden Valley and past Fishing Bridge&#8230; the park is dead quiet. Barely a car in sight, and not an animal beyond the far away bison herds to be seen. Until my car makes the curve just past Steamboat. Not only do I recognize the vehicle pulled off along the side of the road, it&#8217;s a lens I know by sight. Unmistakable! I smile, roll down my window and start photographing the beautiful Swainson&#8217;s Hawk sitting in the tree.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CR2_BreastFeathers_IMG_2478-copy.jpg\" alt=\"CR2_BreastFeathers_IMG_2478-copy\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CR2_BreastFeathers_IMG_2478-copy.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CR2_BreastFeathers_IMG_2478-copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heck, I didn&#8217;t know how long my friend had been waiting for\u00a0it to &#8220;pose&#8221; in the beautiful sunlight like that. Breast feathers\u00a0illuminating as it tilts its head looking for food. So I wait and shoot and observe. Beautiful! As it takes flight landing in a distant tree, I make my way over to Steve and the conversation begins! We shoot and chat for over an hour. What a fantastic beginning to this day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CR2_EleganceandPurpose_IMG_2431-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-54 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CR2_EleganceandPurpose_IMG_2431-copy.jpg\" alt=\"CR2_EleganceandPurpose_IMG_2431-copy\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CR2_EleganceandPurpose_IMG_2431-copy.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CR2_EleganceandPurpose_IMG_2431-copy-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Bird&#8217;s Eye View Traditionally it&#8217;s a drive down Hwy 89 from Livingston, in through\u00a0the park entrance. It just feels right! Making my way from Mammoth, over Dunraven Pass, through Hayden Valley and past Fishing Bridge&#8230; the park is dead quiet. Barely a car in sight, and not an animal beyond the far away bison herds to be seen. 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