{"id":158938,"date":"2024-05-17T06:07:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T12:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=158938"},"modified":"2024-05-17T07:11:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:11:24","slug":"northern-shoveler-takeoff-and-me-stuck-at-home-for-two-days-going-nuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/17\/northern-shoveler-takeoff-and-me-stuck-at-home-for-two-days-going-nuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Shoveler Takeoff And Me Stuck At Home For Two Days Going Nuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned yesterday, my visit to Bear River MBR two days ago was frustrating because after such a long drive to get there, unexpected clouds, the “cloud from hell”, made it very difficult to get photos of birds I like. Action shots were often challenging because of a lack of shutter speed and in light like that bird colors just don’t ‘pop’ like they should.<\/p>\n

But I had a few successes anyway.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 1250, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

When this drake Northern Shoveler took off I had little hope of getting him sharp, in part because the Canon R5 typically struggles to get and maintain sharp focus in low light. So I was surprised when this photo turned out to be not just sharp, but tack sharp. His colors aren’t as vivid as they would be in better light but I like the photo anyway.<\/p>\n

I cropped the photo the way I did, with the bird centered in the frame, because I wanted to include most of the water splash behind him.<\/p>\n

I was doubly disappointed by the shooting conditions that morning because I knew that I’d be completely stuck at home for two days on Thursday and Friday because…<\/p>\n

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Murray City was scheduled to be paving my street. They’d been doing the preliminary work on and off for two weeks (they were delayed several times by weather) and those are the two days they’d be paving, so my street is completely closed off and shut down for the duration.<\/p>\n

This photo was taken from my garage yesterday morning as they were laying new asphalt on one side of the street. My street is one of the longest streets in Murray (according to one of the senior construction guys) so yesterday they only got half done. They’re supposed to be finished by tonight but we’ll see about that.<\/p>\n

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This photo was taken just a few minutes ago, at 5:11 AM this morning while this truck was spraying oil base which is preliminary to laying asphalt on my side of the street. I was surprised they dared to start that early since many of my neighbors like to sleep in. It doesn’t bother me one bit.<\/p>\n

I’ll admit to feeling like a caged lion for these two days while I can’t even get my pickup out of my driveway. I’ll get through it but I don’t have to like it.<\/p>\n

The payoff will be brand spanking new asphalt.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: It turns out that the truck wasn’t “spraying oil base” in that last photo. I don’t know what it was doing. It was dark.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Feeling like a caged lion. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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