1\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nAnd this one, from two days ago,\u00a0shows the backside.\u00a0 I was very close to this bird.\u00a0 So close that I had to shoot vertically, which complicates things with my long, awkward lens.\u00a0 By the time I had it framed and got off a few shots I realized that my settings were wrong for the situation (didn’t need the high ISO or shutter speed and more depth of field would have kept more of the sagebrush sharp) but by then it was too late and the bird took off.<\/p>\n
Sometimes birds cooperate and then they don’t…<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
PS –\u00a0 As I was working on this post which was meant to be published tomorrow morning\u00a0I hit “publish” instead of “update” before it was ready.\u00a0\u00a0 So there’s some “hiccups” in it, especially for those who get the\u00a0post emails.\u00a0 Sorry.<\/p>\n
I’ve always worried about doing that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I wanted to post two more recent\u00a0Western Meadowlark images that weren’t take-off shots, like my last post of this species. \u00a01\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light This image, taken four days ago, shows the bright yellows on the belly, breast and throat but part of the bird is obscured.\u00a0 Obviously it was singing up a storm.\u00a0 Just looking at the image brings the song into my head. \u00a01\/5000, f\/5.6, ISO 640, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light And this one, from two days ago,\u00a0shows the backside.\u00a0 I was very close to this bird.\u00a0 So close that I had to shoot vertically, which complicates things with my long, awkward lens.\u00a0 By the time I had it framed and got off a few shots I realized that my settings were wrong for the situation (didn’t need the high ISO or shutter speed and more depth of field would have kept more of the sagebrush sharp) but by then it was too late and the bird took off. Sometimes birds cooperate and then they don’t… Ron PS –\u00a0 As I was working on this post which was meant to be published tomorrow morning\u00a0I hit “publish” instead of “update” before it was ready.\u00a0\u00a0 So there’s some “hiccups” in it, especially for those who get the\u00a0post emails.\u00a0 Sorry. I’ve always worried about doing that…<\/p>\n
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