{"id":78814,"date":"2019-11-28T05:38:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T12:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=78814"},"modified":"2019-11-28T07:43:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:43:53","slug":"wild-turkey-tom-in-the-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/28\/wild-turkey-tom-in-the-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey Tom In The Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve still never photographed a Wild Turkey tom in full display but this guy came close and the light angle was perfect for revealing his colors.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/7.1, 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

Typically I don’t post photos of turkeys on Thanksgiving, in part because it’s so commonly done. But I thought this handsome fella deserved the exposure and this seemed the perfect time to make it happen. His legs and feet may be hidden but I think his displaying pose and glorious colors at least partially make up for that deficiency. I photographed him last year in the mountains of the west desert as he watched over a small flock of accompanying hens.<\/p>\n

I wish a joyous Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends for all my readers!<\/p>\n

As for me it’s my tradition to spend Thanksgiving morning with birds and I hope to do exactly that today despite the ominous weather. Because of the generally nonexistent crowds in my birding areas holiday mornings are a favorite time for me to be in the field but today it could be a little (a lot?) dicey. We have significant snow on the ground, it’s snowing now and it’s supposed to continue all morning so roads could be a nightmare.<\/p>\n

I’ll just have to see what it looks like out there as dawn approaches.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: I’ve posted this photo once before but for this edition of Feathered Photography I reprocessed the image to reveal more detail in the blacks.<\/em><\/p>\n

Update at 7:15 a.m. I decided to stay home this morning. It’s still snowing pretty hard and the roads haven’t been cleared. I really don’t want to be “thankful” on Thanksgiving for an accident on the freeway or being stuck in traffic. Besides the light will be sucky for photography.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I’ve still never photographed a Wild Turkey tom in full display but this guy came close and the light angle was perfect for revealing his colors.<\/p>\n

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