{"id":82354,"date":"2020-03-02T03:43:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T10:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=82354"},"modified":"2020-03-02T05:27:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T12:27:59","slug":"chukar-calling-in-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/02\/chukar-calling-in-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Chukar Calling In The Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perspective. It’s all about perspective.<\/p>\n

This is the time of year I always start thinking about Chukars again. They used to be ubiquitous on Antelope Island and by March their plumage was fresh and their springtime behaviors included frequent calling from rocky perches where they were often easily photographed instead of skulking around in the vegetation.<\/p>\n

But their numbers on the island have crashed so I rarely see them anymore. Chukar photos of mine like these, taken on March 8, 2011, almost seem like relics of a bygone era which is probably why I cherish them as much as I do.<\/p>\n

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1\/1600, f\/8, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This presumed male was on a snow-covered rocky ledge at nearly eye level to me as he was calling. He was close and cooperative and I love the colors and textures of the setting, including a hint of the out of focus snowy hillside at lower left that looks like it might be blowing snow or even approaching low clouds.<\/p>\n

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Before we go any further some full disclosure is warranted. In the previous version of this photo I removed the out of focus grass stem poking into the right edge of the frame that we see in this version.<\/p>\n

The Chukar posed and called from this spot on the rocky ledge for quite a while before he walked several feet to our right. I have quite a few photos where that leaning grass stem is directly in front of and pointing at his face so I’m not very fond of them.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

By the time he completely passed the leaning grass stem the sloping snow-covered hillside behind him became the primary background which gave the rest of my images a completely different feel. For better or for worse, perspective matters.<\/p>\n

At this point I began to wonder if I’d like the deep blue sky above the snowy hillside in the background. Photographers never really know about such things until we look at our images later so I decided to see if I could get rid of the blue so I would have images that included it and images that didn’t.<\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

As usual I was shooting from my pickup so I raised my window and sat taller in my seat to change my shooting angle and give me yet another perspective. That little maneuver almost completely banished the blue sky from my images. In the end I’m glad I have photos that include the blue and photos that don’t because I like them all.<\/p>\n

If I had a nit to pick I’d wish we could see his feet but that’s being pretty picky. Besides, that one little claw sticking out of the snow almost makes up for it.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Note: I posted this last photo seven years ago but the rest of them are new to my blog. For today’s post I reprocessed the last photo and I now like it even more than I did back then. In my view that raised ruff on the back of his neck is extra special.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Perspective. It’s all about perspective.<\/p>\n

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