{"id":31264,"date":"2015-05-10T05:08:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T11:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=31264"},"modified":"2015-05-10T05:08:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T11:08:35","slug":"western-meadowlark-goofy-is-as-goofy-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/10\/western-meadowlark-goofy-is-as-goofy-does\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Meadowlark – Goofy Is As Goofy Does"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occasionally a bird gives me a somewhat wacky pose that I enjoy enough to post. This image is one of those.<\/p>\n

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\"western1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 640, 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

The clouds had just started to clear on Antelope Island after a hard rain three days ago and everything was soaked, including this Western Meadowlark.\u00a0At first it was perched high on an old mullein stem but that platform was a apparently a little too unstable to support\u00a0its gymnastics as it preened vigorously in an attempt to dry off in the sun so it hopped down to a lower, more stable perch. And yes,\u00a0that perch is\u00a0bison dung.<\/p>\n

For me there’s a variety of elements here that support the “goofy” theme, including the wet bird, the\u00a0stiff-legged, disheveled peekaboo pose, the big plop of\u00a0poop perch and even the\u00a08 (or more)\u00a0bright circular specular highlights caused by the sunlight hitting water droplets in the setting. Normally I might remove them but this time they just seemed to fit in.<\/p>\n

Even the placement of my copyright watermark seems a little odd but I had nowhere better to put it and it seemed appropriate enough for an image like this anyway.<\/p>\n

I hope the image provides my readers a smile, especially all you mothers out there. You deserve it. \u00a0Happy Mother’s Day!<\/p>\n

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

Occasionally a bird gives me a somewhat wacky pose that I enjoy enough to post. This image is one of those.<\/p>\n

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