Falconer Releasing Hawk from Gauntlet on Castilian Moor in at the edge of a reed bed in Castile

Falconer Releasing Hawk from Gauntlet on Castilian Moor

by Wade Duran

Bright afternoon light floods the edge of a reed bed in Castile, illuminating a falconer in traditional leather gear. The bird, a sharp-eyed hawk with mottled brown and white plumage, pushes off the thick leather gauntlet, wings spread wide in a powerful arc. Low-hanging grey clouds press against the horizon, against the golden-green grasses of the moor. The background dissolves into soft focus, blurring the distant reeds and keeping attention on the bird's sharp talons and the textured leather of the glove. One feather drifts downward near the hawk's tail, caught in the still air before the bird takes flight.

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falconer hawk Castile moor releasing bird leather gauntlet reed bed late spring
Camera Leica MP*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Leica MP photos, grab one online.
Focal Length 50mm
Aperture f/1.4
Shutter Speed 1/2000
ISO 400
Film Kodak T-MAX 100 fine grain
Location at the edge of a reed bed in Castile
Date 2018-05-25
Credit VEETER
Coordinates 39.8065, -3.0181
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