{"id":2647,"date":"2011-08-29T16:04:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T22:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2011-09-07T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T20:16:27","slug":"a-license-to-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/29\/a-license-to-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"A License to Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

To\u00a0be perfectly honest I’ve always been slightly disdainful of personalized (vanity) license plates, at least for me.\u00a0\u00a0 I generally prefer relative anonymity,\u00a0partly because\u00a0my natural inclination is to avoid bringing attention to myself (so why am I blogging?…)\u00a0 Not to say that I don’t enjoy reading them\u00a0on other vehicles while driving and\u00a0I often have fun with the challenge of trying to figure out what some of them really mean.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Since I spend a lot of time photographing birds I occasionally run across “birder plates” at some of the refuges and marshes I frequent.\u00a0\u00a0So recently, after the purchase of a new pickup, I decided to\u00a0break out of my mold and join the crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For me, “HARRIER” was almost a foregone conclusion if it was still available, and it was.\u00a0 Many of the better images in my avian collection are of the Northern Harrier, which most folks refer to simply as “harrier”.\u00a0\u00a0 Whenever I’m forced to choose a favorite avian subject (a choice I don’t like to make) I\u00a0typically choose this species.\u00a0 They’re magnificent aerial athletes, beautiful,\u00a0extremely challenging photographic subjects and they carry that “raptor mystique”.<\/p>\n

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After waiting over 6 weeks to have them delivered (come on Utah, get on the stick!) they finally arrived a few days ago.\u00a0 Today was my first day photographing birds since\u00a0I got them and I thought it fitting that I was able to get this shot of a juvenile male harrier taking off from a sagebrush out on\u00a0Antelope Island, especially since it’s rare for me to get a good harrier shot anytime other than winter.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Here’s my rig, complete with “Noodles” in the windows for Mia and I to shoot from.\u00a0 So, if any of you birders or bird photographers spot my pickup at any of the local hotspots and if you have the inclination be sure to stop and say hello –\u00a0unless we have\u00a0our\u00a0lenses trained on a bird.\u00a0\u00a0If so, please drive on by and wait for next time!<\/p>\n

I can’t take credit for the title of this post (which I like a lot).\u00a0 I saw it on Richard Ditch’s website <\/a>where he notes that it was originally used by Audubon Magazine for an article that featured Rich’s wonderful photo collection of\u00a0personalized birder plates from across the country.\u00a0 Check it out – it’s definitely worth the look.\u00a0\u00a0 And yes, my plate is there too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

To\u00a0be perfectly honest I’ve always been slightly disdainful of personalized (vanity) license plates, at least for me.\u00a0\u00a0 I generally prefer relative anonymity,\u00a0partly because\u00a0my natural inclination is to avoid bringing attention to myself (so why am I blogging?…)\u00a0 Not to say that I don’t enjoy reading them\u00a0on other vehicles while driving and\u00a0I often have fun with the challenge of trying to figure out what some of them really mean.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Since I spend a lot of time photographing birds I occasionally run across “birder plates” at some of the refuges and marshes I frequent.\u00a0\u00a0So recently, after the purchase of a new pickup, I decided to\u00a0break out of my mold and join the crowd.\u00a0 \u00a0 For me, “HARRIER” was almost a foregone conclusion if it was still available, and it was.\u00a0 Many of the better images in my avian collection are of the Northern Harrier, which most folks refer to simply as “harrier”.\u00a0\u00a0 Whenever I’m forced to choose a favorite avian subject (a choice I don’t like to make) I\u00a0typically choose this species.\u00a0 They’re magnificent aerial athletes, beautiful,\u00a0extremely challenging photographic subjects and they carry that “raptor mystique”. \u00a0   Canon 7D, 1\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 500, EV -0.33, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc After waiting over 6 weeks to have them delivered (come on Utah, get on the stick!) they finally arrived a few days ago.\u00a0 Today was my first day photographing birds since\u00a0I got them and I thought it fitting that I was able to get this shot of a juvenile male harrier taking off from a sagebrush out on\u00a0Antelope…<\/p>\n

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