{"id":28832,"date":"2015-01-23T14:50:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T21:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=28832"},"modified":"2015-01-23T14:50:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T21:50:45","slug":"magpie-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/23\/magpie-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Magpie Take-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black-billed Magpies are difficult subjects but I enjoy the challenge of photographing them.<\/p>\n

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\"black-billed<\/p>\n

1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This one was\u00a0hanging out in a favorite perch on Antelope Island about three weeks ago.\u00a0It tends to be a cluttered setting but this time it was at the top of the\u00a0tree which gave me a chance of relatively unobstructed take-off shots but\u00a0typical of many corvids in particular the bird chose to partially close its nictitating membrane at an inopportune moment.<\/p>\n

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\"black-billed<\/p>\n

1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Two frames later I was able to get a shot I like better, especially because of the wing position and the iridescence.<\/p>\n

This is a quick post because due to technical problems my blog has been down for the past day and a half and it just now came back up.\u00a0 Hopefully I’ll resume my normal posting schedule beginning tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

Technical issues, whatever their source, are truly a pain in the keister…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Black-billed Magpies are difficult subjects but I enjoy the challenge of photographing them.<\/p>\n

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