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<\/p>\nThe Ring-necked Pheasant is\u00a0a species I’ve always enjoyed (something I can’t say about many other introduced species).\u00a0 \u00a0The colors of the males are spectacular and their mating antics in springtime are a lot of fun to watch and to\u00a0attempt\u00a0to photograph.\u00a0 Fighting males really go at each other.<\/p>\n
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\u00a01\/640, f\/9, ISO 400, 500 5\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n One of the\u00a0 biggest problems with photographing them is composition – that ridiculously long tail is just so difficult to fit into the frame and still get a composition that works well if you’re close enough to get nice detail.\u00a0 The other issue is\u00a0catching them in the clear – these birds prefer habitat that usually has lots of obstructing vegetation in front of the bird.\u00a0 But when you\u00a0find one of them in the open and have nice light on the bird, their colors certainly catch the eye.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a01\/400, f\/8, ISO 400, 500 5\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Males like to\u00a0crow at the sun as it rises, which is exactly what this bird was doing.\u00a0 He’s sidelit and facing slightly away from me but this angle gave me light in the eye and I like the strutting pose.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 5\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Occasionally, especially on cold mornings, these pheasants will perch in trees in order to make best use of the warming rays of the sun.\u00a0 This is one of the few times I’ve photographed this species in a tree where there weren’t a lot of obstructing branches and twigs.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ring-necked Pheasant is\u00a0a species I’ve always enjoyed (something I can’t say about many other introduced species).\u00a0 \u00a0The colors of the males are spectacular and their mating antics in springtime are a lot of fun to watch and to\u00a0attempt\u00a0to photograph.\u00a0 Fighting males really go at each other. \u00a01\/640, f\/9, ISO 400, 500 5\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light One of the\u00a0 biggest problems with photographing them is composition – that ridiculously long tail is just so difficult to fit into the frame and still get a composition that works well if you’re close enough to get nice detail.\u00a0 The other issue is\u00a0catching them in the clear – these birds prefer habitat that usually has lots of obstructing vegetation in front of the bird.\u00a0 But when you\u00a0find one of them in the open and have nice light on the bird, their colors certainly catch the eye. \u00a01\/400, f\/8, ISO 400, 500 5\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light \u00a0Males like to\u00a0crow at the sun as it rises, which is exactly what this bird was doing.\u00a0 He’s sidelit and facing slightly away from me but this angle gave me light in the eye and I like the strutting pose. \u00a01\/800, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 5\/4, 1.4 tc, natural light Occasionally, especially on cold mornings, these pheasants will perch in trees in order to make best use of the warming rays of the sun.\u00a0 This is one of the few times I’ve photographed this species in a tree where there weren’t a lot of obstructing branches…<\/p>\n![\"ring](\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ring-necked-pheasant-0985-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"ring")
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