{"id":82156,"date":"2020-02-24T04:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=82156"},"modified":"2020-02-24T04:27:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:27:33","slug":"bear-river-tundra-swan-soon-after-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/bear-river-tundra-swan-soon-after-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear River Tundra Swan Soon After Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Consecutive images in a burst with rather dramatic differences in backgrounds.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I went to Bear River MBR looking for swans in particular. I struck out with swans because the refuge is still mostly frozen so this bird from two years ago (2\/3\/18) will serve as my stand-in this morning.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/9, ISO 800, 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

By the time I locked focus on “him” the swan was gaining elevation fast, especially for such a large and heavy (about 14 lbs.) bird.<\/p>\n

I really like this shot for its sense of habitat. In the background from the bottom to the top of the frame we can clearly see the grand scope of this part of the refuge. I caught the bird with mostly open water behind him and I was particularly fortunate that there are no phragmites directly behind his head.<\/p>\n

In addition I like the way the dark band of phrags at the top of the frame abruptly defines the horizon.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/9, ISO 800, 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

In the next shot in the burst the setting behind the bird had changed dramatically to almost a solid wall of phrags, though we still see open water behind his wingtips.<\/p>\n

The official date for the 13th International Swan Day is Saturday, March 28, 2020, the last Saturday of March so local refuges like Bear River MBR, Farmington Bay WMA and Salt Creek WMA will be celebrating our large numbers of migrating swans. By then more of the standing water at our refuges should be ice free and swans more available for viewing.<\/p>\n

But as it stands right now most of our early swans are still limited to patches of open water in inaccessible areas of our refuges.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Consecutive images in a burst with rather dramatic differences in backgrounds.<\/p>\n

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