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<\/p>\nI delete most of my cormorant flight shots because they’re almost invariably underexposed but I do\u00a0like this one from last week at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, canvas added for composition, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The early morning sun angle put good light on much of the bird (though there’s not much detail near the tail) and I like the wing position.\u00a0 I’m not much of a fan of plain blue sky backgrounds for flight shots and on this morning I was resigned to such an outcome in any flight shots I might get because the sky was virtually cloudless.\u00a0 But just as I snapped the shutter this bird passed by one of the few small\u00a0clouds\u00a0to be found anywhere\u00a0and there was even a tinge of pink provided by the color of the rising sun.\u00a0 Normally I prefer my birds a little larger in the frame but this composition works for me because I like the clouds in the background.<\/p>\n A simple shot that wasn’t so simple (for me) to get.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m not much of a fan of plain blue sky backgrounds for flight shots and on this morning I was resigned to such an outcome in any flight shots I might get because the sky was virtually cloudless. But just as I snapped the shutter this bird passed by one of the few small clouds to be found anywhere and there was even a tinge of pink provided by the color of the rising sun.<\/p>\n