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<\/p>\nKnowing their habits and quickness\u00a0I\u00a0didn’t think a kinglet in flight without a cluttered\u00a0background would ever happen\u00a0for me.<\/p>\n
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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n I went looking for migrants yesterday morning in Box Elder County but many of them seem to have already headed south,\u00a0leaving behind\u00a0just a few stragglers. But I did get some fairly nice shots of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and I especially enjoy this second one (below)\u00a0because I seldom get them against a clean background, particularly in flight. And it was a\u00a0novelty for me\u00a0to find one not buried in the brush.<\/p>\n What I really wanted from this bird was a flight shot (soon after takeoff of course) but they’re so incredibly fast that there’s no way you can react to takeoff quickly enough to press the shutter button before they leave the frame. The only chance you have is to fire off a burst of shots\u00a0and hope the bird launches very soon after you begin. With many birds that just isn’t practical because they\u00a0often stay perched for a long time (at 10\u00a0frames\/sec in a burst you’ve already\u00a0got 50 shots in only 5 seconds).<\/p>\n But that’s where the photographer has an advantage with kinglets –\u00a0these frenetic little birds\u00a0seldom stay in the same place for more than a second or two. So I decided to lay on my shutter button and roll the dice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n It worked! The kinglet took off at a good angle, I got light on the face and\u00a0a catch light in the eye, I think the flight posture works\u00a0and I had enough shutter speed to get the little speedster sharp. And the bird has left the perch so I can legitimately call this a flight shot.<\/p>\n True, the angle is fairly steep and that sky sure is blue but all things considered I was very happy to get the photo, especially of a kinglet.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Knowing their habits and quickness I didn’t think a kinglet in flight without a cluttered background would ever happen for me.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ruby-crowned-kinglet-3125-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"ruby-crowned-kinglet-3125-ron-dudley\\"")
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