{"id":31935,"date":"2015-06-11T05:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=31935"},"modified":"2015-06-11T05:29:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T11:29:00","slug":"the-male-western-kingbird-in-all-his-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/11\/the-male-western-kingbird-in-all-his-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Male Western Kingbird In All His Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some flight poses are made to show off the “best” features of a species. I think this posture comes close to that for the Western Kingbird.<\/p>\n

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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n

This is the male of the mated pair I’ve been photographing on Antelope Island as he takes off from his favorite perch.\u00a0 I like the good look at both open wings, the flared tail and the nice head turn with light on the\u00a0face. We also see the distinctive\u00a0subtle (and not so subtle) ventral yellows and two white outer tail feathers.<\/p>\n

At f\/5.6 I had very little depth of field but with this pose the entire bird is in the same plane relative to my lens so all of the\u00a0bird is sharp.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

Trip report: Rain greeted us on our arrival at the Montana-Idaho border yesterday afternoon but we saw plenty of birds and we have clear skies this morning so I’m hopeful for a productive day or two. A nasty surprise awaited us in Idaho and I’ll report more on that once I know more about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Some flight poses are made to show off the “best” features of a species. <\/p>\n

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