{"id":109282,"date":"2022-03-28T05:23:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=109282"},"modified":"2022-03-28T05:23:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T11:23:04","slug":"western-meadowlark-on-rabbitbrush-in-dappled-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/28\/western-meadowlark-on-rabbitbrush-in-dappled-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Meadowlark On Rabbitbrush In Dappled Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my neck of the woods this is what I think of as ‘meadowlark season’ because we have a lot of them and they become more approachable and easier to locate when their hormones start flowing and they’re singing on territory from elevated perches. I’ve taken quite a few nice photos of singing meadowlarks recently but this morning it’s a photo of a meadowlark with its back to me that appealed to me most.<\/p>\n

Why? Mostly because of the dappled light but for other reasons too.<\/p>\n

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\"\"1\/1000, f\/11, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Three days ago when I spotted this guy from a distance I almost didn’t even attempt to photograph him because he had his back to me, he’d stopped singing and he was mostly in the shade of a nearby rabbitbrush. But in less than a minute as I slowly got closer to him the deep shade turned into dappled light and his face became lit up like a beacon. I only got four shots of him before he flew off.<\/p>\n

It isn’t a spectacular photo but I like everything about it including its overall quality, the dappled light and the sharpness of the bird.<\/p>\n

Shooting at f\/11 in this situation was a mistake but I got away with it. I still don’t know the buttons and dials on my new camera very well so just before this photo was taken I was fiddling with my controls to try to change my aperture but I couldn’t find the right button in time.<\/p>\n

Like Nero I’ve been doing a lot of fiddling at inappropriate times lately.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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It isn’t a spectacular photo but I like everything about it including its overall quality, the dappled light and the sharpness of the bird.<\/p>\n

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