{"id":31090,"date":"2015-05-02T04:40:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T10:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=31090"},"modified":"2015-05-02T04:40:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T10:40:01","slug":"calling-chukar-and-the-frustrations-of-bright-perches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/02\/calling-chukar-and-the-frustrations-of-bright-perches\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Chukar (and the frustrations of bright perches)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographically, perches can be as problematic as the bird.<\/p>\n

I’ve complained in the past about the bright white Tintic Quartzite rocks on the north end of Antelope Island that Chukars in particular tend to perch on. Getting the exposure right on the bird tends to overexpose those rocks and make them even brighter than they actually are. But since birds tend to ignore my instructions about where to perch it’s something I have to live with.<\/p>\n

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\"chukar1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 400, 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

I photographed this Chukar two days ago on the island. I really like the enthusiasm of the calling pose and the background colors and patterns from the sagebrush and shadows but the brightness of the perch is problematic for me. To the naked eye the rock was actually quite attractive since it was heavily splotched with green lichen but I had to overexpose it to get the bird right. In the unprocessed file it was significantly brighter than this but I\u00a0brought it down as much as I dared during processing.<\/p>\n

As I’ve said before, no image is perfect so we do live with trade-offs to one degree or another. For me the calling pose mitigates the issue with the brightness of the rock.<\/p>\n

Mostly…<\/p>\n

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

Photographically, perches can be as problematic as the bird.<\/p>\n

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