{"id":112547,"date":"2022-06-14T04:38:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T10:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=112547"},"modified":"2022-06-14T05:08:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:08:51","slug":"lark-sparrow-plain-and-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/14\/lark-sparrow-plain-and-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Lark Sparrow – Plain And Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once in a great while I’m tempted to post a photo that kinda grabs me for some unexplainable reason but that I feel pretty confident won’t have much appeal for my readers. Nearly always I’m able to resist that temptation, but not today.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I took this photo of a Lark Sparrow on sagebrush a few weeks ago and while I was culling images it very nearly ended up in the delete bin. But I impulsively decided that it might have some redeeming qualities so I saved it for a closer look at a later time.<\/p>\n

I can’t really explain why I keep coming back to it, other than I like the pose and the complementary rosy hues of both bird and background. And then there’s the harlequin face of this species that has always appealed to me.<\/p>\n

Besides, it’s been over a year since I’ve posted a Lark Sparrow photo. It’s overdue.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Once in a great while I’m tempted to post a photo that kinda grabs me for some unexplainable reason but that I feel pretty confident won’t have much appeal for my readers. Nearly always I’m able to resist that temptation, but not today.<\/p>\n

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