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<\/p>\nAnd some fungal\u00a0(or rust) d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.<\/p>\n
I’ve posted quite a few Yellow Warblers recently but this one caught my attention. Not because it’s spectacular but I do think it’s a very\u00a0nice image. It was taken five days ago in the Wasatch Mountains.<\/p>\n
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1\/2000, 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 In my experience it’s almost unheard of to get this species against a clean background because they’re usually at least partly buried in vegetation so this background is one of the things about the image that appeals to me. And the fact that it’s a dark green background only enhances that appeal. I also like the berries, the varying\u00a0tones of green and shade on the leaves and I think the pose of the warbler works just fine. The partially hidden tail doesn’t bother me. Much.<\/p>\n I also like the various stages and examples of “life” occurring on the serviceberry branch – berries both ripe and past their prime,\u00a0small\u00a0imperfections in some of the leaves and several examples of apparent parasites\/decomposers. They can be seen on two of the leaves on the left and at least one of them appears to be the same fungus or rust I asked about on yesterday’s post<\/a>, although its “spines” haven’t grown very long yet.<\/p>\n It’s funny, yesterday I spent several minutes scanning a serviceberry bush with my lens\u00a0for another fungus like the one I posted previously and couldn’t find any and then this one shows up unexpectedly in a photo I took\u00a0five days ago. You just never know…<\/p>\n If this post seems noticeably incoherent it’s because I’m trying to compose and type through the fog and pain of a cluster headache. I get them chronically but it’s been many months since my last cluster series and this one is kicking my butt.<\/p>\n I hate the damn things. No pain medication even touches them except prednisone and that stuff scares me to death.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" And some fungal (or rust) d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.<\/p>\n