{"id":15596,"date":"2013-05-25T05:25:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T11:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=15596"},"modified":"2013-05-25T05:25:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T11:25:03","slug":"western-meadowlark-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/25\/western-meadowlark-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Meadowlark In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find getting quality photos of songbirds in flight to be almost impossible – they’re just too small and fast for me to lock on to long enough to get them sharp and near the middle of the frame so nothing is clipped.\u00a0 But I do keep trying and occasionally things work out.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 500. 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, canvas added for composition<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Four days ago I photographed this Western Meadowlark while it was perched on a sagebrush but it wasn’t quite close enough to get great detail so I decided to set up and wait for a flight shot.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0From the direction it was facing on the perch\u00a0I figured I might be able to get a pleasing angle on the\u00a0meadowlark in good light soon after it took off so I activated 5 focus points, kept the\u00a0far right focus point on the head of the bird and hoped I could keep focus locked on it for a few frames after it took off.\u00a0 And this time it worked.<\/p>\n

In my mind there are take-off shots and there are full flight shots and this one’s somewhere in-between.\u00a0 To be sure, this\u00a0photo wasn’t taken long after take off but the legs are tucked up and\u00a0no longer extended from the launch effort and the\u00a0flight posture looks a lot like full flight.\u00a0 I like the wing-down position and I got lucky with the head turned toward me – usually they’re looking away at this point.<\/p>\n

Happy holiday weekend, everyone.\u00a0 I hope you get out and enjoy it safely.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find getting quality photos of songbirds in flight to be almost impossible – they’re just too small and fast for me to lock on to long enough to get them sharp and near the middle of the frame so nothing is clipped. But I do keep trying and occasionally things work out.<\/p>\n

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