{"id":115051,"date":"2022-07-25T04:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=115051"},"modified":"2022-07-25T04:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:34:44","slug":"long-billed-curlew-in-flight-against-a-banded-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/25\/long-billed-curlew-in-flight-against-a-banded-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-billed Curlew In Flight Against A Banded Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having second thoughts.<\/p>\n

Back in May I posted several photos of this Long-billed Curlew in flight on Antelope Island, but I didn’t post these two because the bird was already slightly past me so his right wing hides some of his neck and head. Yesterday, on closer inspection, I found something about each image that compensates for that insufficiency, at least in my mind, so I decided they were worthy of posting after all.<\/p>\n

Based on bill length I believe the curlew is a male.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

In this shot it’s the three-layer banded background that I like so much The bottom layer is sand\/mud flats of the Great Salt Lake, the middle layer is small part of the lake itself and the upper layer is blue sky. This is the only photo in the series that caught the curlew centered in the middle layer and the fact that he’s calling, loudly as I recall, is also a plus.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Four frames in the burst later he’d risen above the darker blue of the lake and stopped calling but in this shot I like the almost geometric shape of his wings collectively and the matching checkered patterns of both wings and tail.<\/p>\n

Readers know that homogenous blue sky backgrounds don’t have much appeal for me (they’re kinda boring) so if these backgrounds hadn’t been banded I wouldn’t have liked the photos nearly as much. The fact that he’s sharp and there’s a catch light in his eye in both images only adds to their appeal for me.<\/p>\n

Yes, I wish he hadn’t been past me. But other things helped to make up for it and no photo, at least of mine, is perfect.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Having second thoughts. (2 photos)<\/p>\n

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