{"id":23072,"date":"2014-04-05T05:42:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T11:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=23072"},"modified":"2014-04-05T05:45:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T11:45:35","slug":"meadowlark-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/05\/meadowlark-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadowlark In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday on Antelope Island\u00a0I was able to get a\u00a0 shot of a Western Meadowlark that may be one of my favorite images of\u00a0a songbird in flight.\u00a0 But there’s a potential flaw that niggles at me some…<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

When I approached the bird it was truly buried in sagebrush stems so once again I knew I’d have to go for flight shots as it took off.\u00a0 Predicting direction and angle of take-off was particularly difficult for this bird because of all the vertical stems – would it first jump straight up to clear the stems or would it simply power through them horizontally as it launched?\u00a0 I had to guess and aim my lens at the predicted spot in order to give me a chance at avoiding clipped and cut-off body parts because take-off for relatively small birds is very fast.<\/p>\n

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\"western<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This time I guessed\u00a0correctly – the bird mostly jumped up before powering forward to my left.\u00a0 Out of three shots at take-off one had the bird still buried in the stems and one was clipped but I liked this one. Mostly…<\/p>\n

I’m undecided about the stem-tips poking into the frame at bottom.\u00a0 To my eye we\u00a0may not be able to\u00a0see enough of the sagebrush stems\u00a0for them to contribute positively to the image as\u00a0the perch or habitat – they may be more distracting than helpful.<\/p>\n

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\"western<\/p>\n

\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Of course the stem-tips would be easy to get rid of as I’ve done here but I prefer not to clone natural elements out of an image whenever possible\u00a0and I wonder if this version of the image isn’t too sterile with only the bird and the\u00a0largely homogenous background.\u00a0 I just can’t make up my mind.<\/p>\n

I’d be interested in any preferences some of you\u00a0might have.<\/p>\n

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

Yesterday I was able to get a shot of a Western Meadowlark that may be one of my favorite images of a songbird in flight. But there’s a potential flaw that niggles at me…<\/p>\n

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