{"id":81999,"date":"2020-02-19T05:03:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T12:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=81999"},"modified":"2020-02-19T06:16:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T13:16:07","slug":"great-blue-heron-in-flight-with-a-background-i-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/great-blue-heron-in-flight-with-a-background-i-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron In Flight With A Background I Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes the background and\/or setting in my photos appeals to me as much or even more than the bird.<\/p>\n

This edition of Feathered Photography will be brief. My last four posts have been long ones and I think both author and readers need a break.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/5000, 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<\/em><\/p>\n

This was a grab shot taken at Farmington Bay WMA five days ago. It was the only sharp and unclipped photo I managed to get with a flight posture I like as the heron passed by.<\/p>\n

I think it would be a pretty run-of-the-mill photo if the background were blue sky or anything else homogenous but for me this background sets it apart. I like the layers of horizontal banding in the marsh and the blue water provides a large splash of color that tickles my fancy.<\/p>\n

Much of the standing water in this area of the refuge is fairly new and we owe it to the flexible management practices of refuge manager Jason Jones and his crew. It attracts a lot of birds but they’re always too far away for close up bird photography.<\/p>\n

So this bird photographer appreciates being able to make some practical use of it in my photos.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Sometimes the background and\/or setting in my photos appeals to me as much or even more than the bird.<\/p>\n

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