{"id":108249,"date":"2022-03-04T05:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=108249"},"modified":"2022-03-04T06:52:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T13:52:05","slug":"exasperated-grackle-a-look-i-recognize-thanks-to-my-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/04\/exasperated-grackle-a-look-i-recognize-thanks-to-my-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Exasperated Grackle – A Look I Recognize, Thanks To My Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first bird I photographed with my brand spanking new Canon R5.<\/p>\n

Not long after I arrived home with the new Canon R5 I strapped it onto my 500mm lens and went looking for a bird\u00a0 Any bird would do, my only intention was to see if if it would take sharp photos while attached to my favorite lens. At that point I knew absolutely nothing about the camera, including the functions of the buttons and dials. I immediately found a female Common Grackle perched on matted phragmites with a pond in the background and took a few shots of her before heading back home.<\/p>\n

The photo below is one of\u00a0 them. I decided to post it today because it almost perfectly represents my experience over the last two days with a fancy-ass new camera and my clunky old computer that’s on its last legs – exasperation!<\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Hands on hips, wide stance, a jaundiced eye and a stern look\u00a0 – that’s exactly how my mother used to look at me when I’d screwed up as a little kid. Which was often so I still recognize “the look”, even after all these years. To me this photo has “exasperated” written all over it, especially because it looks like the bird has her ‘hands’ on her hips.<\/p>\n

Body language can be highly communicative in both humans and birds. And sometimes it overlaps.<\/p>\n

“Exasperated” is my middle name right now. Here I sit with a brand new camera that I need to learn how to use and I’ve had to spend most of my time trying to nurse a seriously ill computer back into a functional state so it will last long enough for me to buy a new one and get it up and running.<\/p>\n

Hopefully today will be better than yesterday. That shiny new camera sitting next to me is calling my name.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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The first bird I photographed with my brand spanking new Canon R5.<\/p>\n

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