{"id":4708,"date":"2012-03-09T18:13:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T01:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4708"},"modified":"2012-03-09T18:46:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T01:46:49","slug":"meadowlark-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/09\/meadowlark-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadowlark Take-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a single image this time.<\/p>\n

While photographing magpies at their nest this morning this cheeky Western Meadowlark had the gall to land right next door to the nest for a few seconds before it took off again.<\/p>\n

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\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, f00 f\/4<\/em><\/p>\n

I’d taken the teleconverter off for the larger magpies so it’s a bit of a\u00a0heftier crop than I’d prefer and I wish I had a little more room up top for composition.\u00a0 And\u00a0there’s some “stuff” in front of the bird but despite all that I liked the shot anyway.<\/p>\n

These meadowlarks\u00a0are beginning to sing up a storm out on the island.<\/p>\n

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

Just a single image this time. While photographing magpies at their nest this morning this cheeky Western Meadowlark had the gall to land right next door to the nest for a few seconds before it took off again.   \u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 500, f00 f\/4 I’d taken the teleconverter off for the larger magpies so it’s a bit of a\u00a0heftier crop than I’d prefer and I wish I had a little more room up top for composition.\u00a0 And\u00a0there’s some “stuff” in front of the bird but despite all that I liked the shot anyway. These meadowlarks\u00a0are beginning to sing up a storm out on the island. Ron<\/p>\n

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