{"id":34693,"date":"2015-10-16T06:26:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T12:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=34693"},"modified":"2015-10-16T07:10:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T13:10:29","slug":"pied-billed-grebe-because-i-love-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/16\/pied-billed-grebe-because-i-love-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Pied-billed Grebe – Because I Love The Light"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00a0usually prefer to shoot in early mornings. This image demonstrates one of the reasons why.<\/p>\n

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When I photographed this Pied-billed Grebe yesterday morning at Farmington Bay WMA the sun had only been up for about ten minutes. Morning light is warmer, softer and more flattering than it is later in the day and I like that effect. A lot. Here I love the warm tones reflected off of the background vegetation and the resulting interesting reflections and colors\u00a0in the water.\u00a0The effect of the warm, soft sidelight on\u00a0the grebe\u00a0appeals to me in this instance and the interesting pose is a bonus.<\/p>\n

But in fact\u00a0I like this setting as much as I do the bird.<\/p>\n

From past experience I know what this image would look like if it had been taken at midday (everything else being equal) and I much prefer this kind of light. Evening light can be nice too but I’m definitely a morning person…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

PS – there are other reasons why I prefer to shoot in the mornings.<\/em><\/p>\n