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<\/p>\nI don’t post portraits very often but sometimes I can’t resist.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Two days ago as I drove up on this young Black-necked Stilt ‘he’ was just standing around and watching his nearby parent forage for food. He was close and I thought the dark blue pond water as a background might be appealing so I opted to crop this photo as a portrait. I like its simplicity. And the detail of course.<\/p>\n Notice the double catch light in his eye. The brighter top one is a direct reflection of the sun and with birds in water the bottom, less intense catch light (if there is one) is usually a reflection of the sun off the water’s surface. But in this case there was no water between me and the bird so the bottom catch light must be a reflection of the sun off of the surface of my pickup – most likely my bumper.<\/p>\n Some bird photographers find double catch lights to be distracting so they remove the bottom one during processing. I’m fine with this one.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t post portraits very often but sometimes I can’t resist.<\/p>\n