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<\/p>\nThis\u00a0male stretched every limb\u00a0he\u00a0possibly could simultaneously which I thought resulted in an awkward but endearing pose. The photo was taken three years ago at Farmington Bay WMA.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 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 At the outset I’ll admit I don’t like the clutter of all those twigs and branches, especially the one directly behind his head. But I do love the pose as he stretched both wings, his tail and his left foot simultaneously. In order to maintain his balance with one foot raised he had to lean to his right which for me completes the asymmetry of the entire image, including but not limited to\u00a0the pose.<\/p>\n He maintained eye contact with me throughout the entire stretch which I like. In other photos his left foot was in shade but I think the pose is more dramatic\u00a0with that foot well-lit like this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m excited about two things this morning. We finally have a good weather pattern so we should have good light for much of\u00a0the next week or so. Since I haven’t been out shooting for 14 days now I’m chomping at the bit to get out there, assuming the last of the clouds clear off in time.<\/p>\n And I have a sparkling clean pickup to drive! Because of my shooting style I’m constantly driving on\u00a0muddy or dusty\u00a0dirt roads with some of\u00a0my window’s down\u00a0and for a variety of reasons it\u00a0hasn’t been cleaned\u00a0or washed for over a year. It was so filthy inside and out I was fearful\u00a0that weeds might start growing on my dash (no hyperbole there folks). I’ve been wanting to have it detailed for many months but the inconvenience of leaving it somewhere all day while they worked on it and then driving it home during the rush hour\u00a0put me off. I won’t drive in the rush hour come\u00a0hell or high water!.<\/p>\n But by chance I found a young man, Dalyn Banagas (actually the son of my niece), who has his own detailing business and he comes to you rather than vice versa. Dalyn spent the entire day detailing my pickup in my driveway (he has all his own equipment). He worked his tail off but the end result was a sparkling clean pickup, inside and out. My four year old pickup with 125,000 tough miles on it now looks like I just drove it off of the showroom floor.<\/p>\n But paradoxically if the roads are still muddy after our recent storms my\u00a0squeaky clean\u00a0pickup won’t last long, at least on the outside.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This male stretched every limb he possibly could simultaneously which I thought resulted in an awkward but endearing pose. <\/p>\n