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1\/5000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM +1.4 tc, canvas added for composition, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nThis is from\u00a0three days ago on the island. I had\u00a0a little more shutter speed than I needed and you’ll notice that\u00a0the wingtips are still soft. That’s\u00a0because I was quite close to the bird so I didn’t have enough\u00a0depth of field to get them sharp, which I’m ok with.\u00a0 Even though I added canvas up top the meadowlark is still\u00a0a little tight on the right (I like more room there for the bird to\u00a0“fly in to”)\u00a0but I chose not to add canvas there because of the vertical twigs at lower right.<\/p>\n
On another note, due to weather and medical issues my posts are likely to be brief for a few days. Our recent big snowstorm was extensive and is aggravatingly slow to clear out and as\u00a0some of you know I’m currently having rotator cuff problems that are making shooting and\u00a0computer work\u00a0a little dicey. Yesterday I become reacquainted with cortisone injections (that corticosteroid and I have been estranged since I\u00a0threw the javelin in\u00a0high school and college decades ago) and if it works this time I may be able to avoid surgery.<\/p>\n
And that would be a good thing for a bird photographer with a long and heavy lens.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I tend to photograph meadowlarks taking off fairly often but I shoot the species I encounter and I do like this one.<\/p>\n