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<\/p>\nI like bird photography that includes significant hints at habitat. That goal is typically more difficult to achieve with flight shots than static shots but it can be done and this image is an example.<\/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 It was taken almost exactly a year ago today (Feb. 3) at Bear River MBR soon after the swan took off from the water. Because I like the setting so well I’ve cropped less tightly on the bird and more squarish in my composition than I often do to allow for a better look at one of the environments these majestic birds prefer. Bear River is one of my favorite getaway sanctuaries, for myself and for the birds, so I love seeing it in my photos.<\/p>\n \u266bOh, give me layers, lots of layers, under sunny skies above\u266b, (sung to the tune of “Don’t Fence Me In” \ud83d\ude42 ). I’ve said before that I love layers in my backgrounds and this shot has gobs of them. Depending on what you call a layer and what you don’t I count about fifteen of them in the phrags, the water, the sky and against the Promontory Mountains in the far background. This is my kinda shot, though I realize that taste about these kinds of things varies.<\/p>\n And one more thing. I love the curve of the mountains in the background behind and mimicked by the similar curve in the swan’s right wing. It’s subtle but it grabs my eye and makes me appreciate the image even more.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Man oh man, does it ever look different outside this morning than it did a year ago when this shot was taken! It snowed last evening and all during the night and even though it’s still dark outside there appears to be almost a foot of snow on my back deck.<\/p>\n At 6:20 AM it’s still coming down steadily and the forecast calls for it to continue for most of the day. When the sun comes up it’s going to be interesting out there, in more ways than one.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Addendum at 7:40 AM – we just measured 11.25″ inches of snow on my front lawn. That’s a lot for the desert we live in.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I like bird photography that includes significant hints at habitat. That goal is typically more difficult to achieve with flight shots than static shots but it can be done and this image is an example.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/snowstorm-feb-6-2019-resized-ron-dudley.jpg\")
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