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<\/p>\nFor my tastes this setting couldn’t be much better for a Tundra Swan in flight.<\/p>\n
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1\/2000, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 7D Mark II,\u00a0Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n I photographed this swan last February at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge not long after it took off from the water. For me this setting fairly screams “Bear River MBR” because of the Promontory Mountains behind the bird and the foreground and background layers of phragmites at the bottom of the frame with the shallow water of Unit 2 in-between. The swan is sharp, I like its flight posture and I think its placement in the frame and in the setting works well.<\/p>\n But for me the icing on the cake is the horizontal layering throughout the background, all the way from the sky above the mountains down to and including the water at the bottom of the frame. I think it adds a fairly subtle but still interesting and unusual aspect to the image.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n PS – Sorry for the somewhat abbreviated post today. Late yesterday afternoon I spent several difficult hours in a dentist’s chair and as I write this I’m still a little rocky.\u00a0I don’t do dentists well, even though mine, Dr. Kelly O’brien, is among the very best. Without his soft touch, compassion and sense of humor I’d be a basket case. But then when it comes to dental work I’ll admit to being a wuss.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For my tastes this setting couldn’t be much better for a Tundra Swan in flight.<\/p>\n