{"id":104165,"date":"2021-11-16T04:44:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=104165"},"modified":"2021-11-16T07:55:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T14:55:09","slug":"a-loggerhead-shrike-and-wild-rose-hips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/16\/a-loggerhead-shrike-and-wild-rose-hips\/","title":{"rendered":"A Loggerhead Shrike And Wild Rose Hips"},"content":{"rendered":"

A splash of color for a less than colorful bird and background.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/5.6, 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<\/p>\n

I don’t see Loggerhead Shrikes very often anymore but for the last few months I’ve been able to reliably find a single shrike perched on some bushes near the shore of the Great Salt Lake. But two days ago, for the first time, there were two of them within a short distance of each other so I don’t know if this is the original shrike or the newcomer.<\/p>\n

In this photo I like the splash of color provided by the wild rose hips in the otherwise mostly colorless photo but for a variety of complicated reasons I had a devil of a time cropping the image to a composition I like. This version includes as many of the colorful rose hips as I could manage to keep in the frame and still get a composition I find acceptable.<\/p>\n

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This version allows for a little more bird and far fewer hips.<\/p>\n

Personally, I prefer the first version but your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: In case you’re curious the background in this photo is the mudflats of the Great Salt Lake.<\/em><\/p>\n

Addendum: In the comments below Kris and Arwen said\/implied that they might prefer a square crop. So here’s a perfectly square crop of the image. Normally I’m not fond of square compositions but I like this one better than I thought I would.<\/em><\/p>\n

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A splash of color for a less than colorful bird and background.<\/p>\n

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