{"id":112587,"date":"2022-06-15T04:32:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T10:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=112587"},"modified":"2022-06-15T04:43:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T10:43:24","slug":"male-black-headed-grosbeak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/15\/male-black-headed-grosbeak\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Black-headed Grosbeak"},"content":{"rendered":"

And a hard lesson learned from a bull moose.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 1000, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning I finally got into the field again after twelve days of being stuck at home and I was rewarded by a reasonably good opportunity with this male Black-headed Grosbeak in the Wasatch Mountains. I see this species occasionally but it’s unusual for me to get decent photos of them so it was fun to get a few, despite the cluttered setting.<\/p>\n

Soon after this shot was taken he crawled up higher on the perch where he was obstructed by branches and then flew to a higher branch where I had a clear look at him. But the shooting angle was steep and all I had was a blue sky background so I didn’t like those photos much, even though he was singing his heart out.<\/p>\n

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At this point my recovery from back surgery is still marginal for me to be trying to photograph unpredictable birds and critters when I’m not supposed to be indulging in BLT’s (bending, lifting and twisting). Eight minutes after this photo was taken a bull moose unexpectedly appeared very close behind my pickup. In the heat of the moment and without thinking I instinctively tried to twist in my pickup seat so I could shoot out the window and behind me.<\/p>\n

That was a mistake.<\/p>\n

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The split second I got him in my viewfinder an attention-getting twinge in my back told me that twisting like that wasn’t smart so I quit trying before I got any decent photos. This shot simply documents the presence of the moose and my stupidity when my photographer’s instincts momentarily trumped common sense.<\/p>\n

Lesson learned the hard way.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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And a hard lesson learned from a bull moose.<\/p>\n

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