{"id":4168,"date":"2012-02-11T07:24:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T14:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4168"},"modified":"2012-02-11T07:34:57","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T14:34:57","slug":"just-a-shot-that-i-like-18-fighting-ring-necked-pheasants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/11\/just-a-shot-that-i-like-18-fighting-ring-necked-pheasants\/","title":{"rendered":"Just A Shot That I Like… #18 – Fighting Ring-necked Pheasants"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this neck of the woods Ring-necked Pheasants start feeling frisky about this time of year.\u00a0\u00a0 Territories are being established, hormones flowing and feathers flying.\u00a0 When fighting, these birds flutter up against each other breast to breast, bite each other’s wattles and sometimes make high leaps toward each other using claws, bills and spurs.\u00a0 It can be quite dramatic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just as the sun came over the mountains I\u00a0pulled into a gravel hunter’s parking lot at the refuge and noticed these two birds going at it.\u00a0 I assumed they wouldn’t let me get close enough for quality photos but they were so intent on their battle that they mostly ignored me and I was able to get just close enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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1\/640, f\/9, ISO 500,\u00a0500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\n

With the low light I was fighting for both shutter speed and depth of field and was pleasantly surprised to get both birds sharp at these settings.\u00a0 I’m always very happy to get behavioral shots like this, busy background or not.<\/p>\n

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

In this neck of the woods Ring-necked Pheasants start feeling frisky about this time of year.\u00a0\u00a0 Territories are being established, hormones flowing and feathers flying.\u00a0 When fighting, these birds flutter up against each other breast to breast, bite each other’s wattles and sometimes make high leaps toward each other using claws, bills and spurs.\u00a0 It can be quite dramatic.\u00a0\u00a0 Just as the sun came over the mountains I\u00a0pulled into a gravel hunter’s parking lot at the refuge and noticed these two birds going at it.\u00a0 I assumed they wouldn’t let me get close enough for quality photos but they were so intent on their battle that they mostly ignored me and I was able to get just close enough.\u00a0   1\/640, f\/9, ISO 500,\u00a0500 f\/4, 1.4 tc With the low light I was fighting for both shutter speed and depth of field and was pleasantly surprised to get both birds sharp at these settings.\u00a0 I’m always very happy to get behavioral shots like this, busy background or not. Ron<\/p>\n

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