{"id":101439,"date":"2021-08-17T06:11:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=101439"},"modified":"2021-08-17T06:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T12:22:53","slug":"a-cedar-waxwing-in-flight-and-the-scourge-of-the-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/17\/a-cedar-waxwing-in-flight-and-the-scourge-of-the-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cedar Waxwing In Flight And The Scourge Of The Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best laid plans of mice and men and bird photographers…<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3 ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Five days ago in the mountains I didn’t take many photos of this Cedar Waxwing while ‘he’ was perched because I wasn’t terribly fond of the setting and especially because I didn’t like the shadows on the bird. But I figured that if he took off in the direction he was facing, and if I could keep him in frame and in focus, he’d no longer have shadows on him so I had a very good chance of getting some nice takeoff and flight shots.<\/p>\n

I figured wrong.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3 ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

What I didn’t realize is that the source of the shadows was foliage out of frame to the right and a little in front of the bird so when he took off the shadows only got worse.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3 ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

And even though I was lucky enough to keep him in frame and sharp in the next shot in the burst some of the shadows remained. They were particularly disappointing because he was calling in all three photos and this last one caught him in a dramatic flight posture that has lots of appeal for me.<\/p>\n

But I’m posting these photos anyway because I think takeoffs are always interesting when photographed reasonably well, shadows or no shadows.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The best laid plans of mice and men and bird photographers…<\/p>\n

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