{"id":40790,"date":"2016-07-13T05:07:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T11:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=40790"},"modified":"2016-07-13T05:07:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T11:07:57","slug":"wilsons-phalarope-chick-and-a-frustrating-equipment-malfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/wilsons-phalarope-chick-and-a-frustrating-equipment-malfunction\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilson’s Phalarope Chick (and a frustrating equipment malfunction)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like most days in the field yesterday had its ups and downs. I was excited to photograph a phalarope chick but a glitch with my primary camera really threw me for a loop.<\/p>\n

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\"wilson's<\/p>\n

1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This is an adult Wilson’s Phalarope, probably an adult female going into non-breeding plumage. She and several other adults were feeding in the alkaline mud on the edge of a small pond near the dam at Lower Red Rock Lake in the Centennial Valley. I include this image mostly as a comparison to the chick.<\/p>\n

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\"wilson's<\/p>\n

1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This little guy was scurrying in and out of the mud and emerging vegetation. It was near the adult but the two birds completely ignored each other so I have no idea if the adult bird was the parent of the chick. This was the first time I’ve ever photographed a phalarope chick so I was pretty excited about that.<\/p>\n

After a full morning of shooting I decided to check some of my images for sharpness by blowing them up on the camera screen of my 7D Mark II\u00a0. None of them looked sharp! So I attached one of backup 7D’s to my 500mm and suddenly my images were sharp again. That explains why both of these images were taken with a 7D.<\/p>\n

So I’ll probably be using the 7D for the rest of the trip and trying to figure it all out on my return. That’s just what I need – a malfunctioning primary camera while I’m far from home on a camping trip. NOT!<\/p>\n

But things could be worse – what if I didn’t have a backup camera…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Like most days in the field yesterday had its ups and downs. I was excited to photograph a phalarope chick but a glitch with my primary camera really threw me for a loop.<\/p>\n

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