{"id":39394,"date":"2016-05-11T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=39394"},"modified":"2016-05-10T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T01:01:46","slug":"curlew-to-chukar-shut-up-im-trying-to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/11\/curlew-to-chukar-shut-up-im-trying-to-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Curlew To Chukar – “Shut Up, I’m Trying To Sleep”"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you’re trying to sleep it’s no fun when someone loudly invades your space.<\/p>\n

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\"long-billed<\/p>\n

1\/1000, f\/16, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II,<\/em> Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning just after dawn I was photographing this Long-billed Curlew when a Chukar hopped up on its rocky perch. The curlew eyed the Chukar suspiciously at first but when the Chukar just sat there basking in the warming sun the curlew placed its long bill along its back and promptly\u00a0went to sleep. Or tried to…<\/p>\n

Soon the Chukar\u00a0started to call. The curlew had its eyes closed before the commotion began but when the Chukar began to call\u00a0the curlew\u00a0kept opening them to see what the ruckus was all about. I kept wondering if the Curlew would become annoyed and chase the Chukar off the rock but eventually the Chukar left\u00a0on its own accord.<\/p>\n

The Chukar appears to be about a foot closer to me than the curlew so it was a challenge to get them both sharp when shooting at an effective 1120mm. I had to go to f\/16 to get the job done and even then, when viewed at a higher resolution, the curlew isn’t quite as sharp as the Chukar.<\/p>\n

I don’t often get two species\u00a0in the same image, much less both of them relatively sharp,\u00a0so that’s one of the reasons this shot appeals to me. But it amuses me too.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

\u00a0Notes:<\/p>\n