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<\/p>\nPlus a Long-billed Curlew and a Horned Lark from yesterday morning on Antelope Island.<\/p>\n
First, yesterday’s birds.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, 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 Yesterday morning on the island was fairly unproductive but I did get quite a few reasonably good photos of two Long-billed Curlews. They’ve only returned to the island recently and this was only the second time I’ve seen them this year. This one was foraging in typical habitat for them and I was happy to get close to the bird in good light without disturbing it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1\/4000, 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<\/p>\n Recently I lamented the fact that Horned Larks spend most of their time on unattractive bare ground and rarely perch on plants so it was fun to catch this one perched on an old mullein stalk. In this shot he was rousing before he took off. By this time it was fairly late in the morning so the light was a little harsh but I enjoy the novelty of catching him on a perch like this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ok, on to an unrelated subject. Three days ago I posted about a Black-billed Magpie image of mine that had been used on the website of Earthfire Institute without my permission. They’d even attributed the image to another photographer (Christopher Martin) even though my copyright logo was still on the image. I stated my intention to send a DMCA takedown notice to Earthfire Institute early this week and quite a few readers asked me to provide an update when there were any developments.<\/p>\n This is that update.<\/p>\n Early yesterday afternoon when I was preparing to send them the takedown notice my image had already been deleted from their website, as had several others that had also been attributed to Christopher Martin (who knows who the real photographers were). Photos from other photographers have now been substituted for them. Here’s what that page on the Earthfire Institute website looks like now<\/a>.<\/p>\n They were likely motivated to remove my image by two of my blog followers who outed them by commenting on their page and pointing out that the magpie photo belonged to me and not to Christopher Martin. Those two comments are still there at the bottom of the page. I imagine that Earthfire Institute has now seen my original post and didn’t much enjoy the public chastisement. I also suspect they’re trying to avoid a DMCA takedown notice being sent to their webhost. Hosting entities don’t appreciate such things…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a screenshot of my magpie photo as it appeared on their page before it was removed. Here my “\u00a9 RD” copyright watermark isn’t visible in the upper right hand corner because I had scrolled the image a little too far upwards before I clicked on “print screen”. But it was there, as many of my blog readers know from following the original link in my previous post.<\/p>\n At this point I’ve decided to not pursue this any further. My image has been removed and presumably Earthfire Institute has learned their lesson.<\/p>\n But I’m glad I have the screenshots, the RAW file of my magpie photo and my original post as evidence in case I need them down the road.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plus a Long-billed Curlew and a Horned Lark from yesterday morning on Antelope Island.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/horned-lark-8534-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"horned-lark-8534-ron-dudley\\"")
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