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<\/p>\nEverything isn’t perfect here but the more I look at this image the more it grabs me.<\/p>\n
When it comes to bird photography, my own especially, I often (usually?) prefer images that are “interesting” over those that are just “beautiful”. Sure I like bird photos that are stunning works of art where the bird is in perfect light, the setting is as attractive as the bird and all the rules of composition are adhered to. But I prefer an image that seduces my interest and makes me wonder about things in the photo – how did that color happen? or why is the bird doing what it’s doing? or what caused that reflection? or how did that bird even DO that?<\/p>\n
In short, my favorite photos tend to be those that are interesting for reasons other than just beauty. They’re photos I actually want to study to kind of figure things out – my eye almost has no choice.<\/p>\n
For me, this photo taken two days ago of a White-faced Ibis landing in the frozen marsh of Farmington Bay WMA fits neatly into that category – an image that almost demands my interest, attention and even curiosity.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 800, 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 My first impression wasn’t all that good, probably because the setting isn’t particularly attractive. But while reviewing and culling my ibis shots from that morning I kept coming back to this one and each time I’d notice something new that was of interest to me as a photographer, a scientist by training and experience, a bird lover or just an involved observer. They include the following:<\/p>\n Ok, as I sometimes do I’ve belabored my point so it’s time to quit.<\/p>\n But it almost goes without saying that any interest you may have in this image depends at least in part on your perspectives and interests. Someone else might take a photo of a domestic cat jumping through the air after a stuffed mouse that has just as many interesting qualities but it would likely get a big ho-hum from me, in part because I have little interest in cat photos and I think cats are way overdone on the internet anyway (just like some cat lovers probably perceive all the bird photos some of us post).<\/p>\n Another one of those “in the eye of the beholder” things.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything isn’t perfect here but the more I look at this image the more it grabs me.<\/p>\n\n