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<\/p>\nThis is a shot that I like, partly due to the somewhat unusual effects of the light and the resulting colors.<\/p>\n
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\u00a01\/1250, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, shot from pickup window, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n It was taken on a very cold January morning (notice the frosty perch) just as the sun was coming up over the Wasatch mountains and the warm colors from the very low sun, combined with the light bouncing off all of the Phragmites in the area, gave the overall image a bit of a\u00a0slightly unusual color that appeals to me (as usual, I made no color adjustments during processing).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After my last post on composition it seems that I’m fretting about cropping options even more than I usually do.\u00a0 I often try several versions, make a decision, then use (or post) just the one I think I like best.\u00a0 But in this instance I just wasn’t sure, so I decided to post two versions.\u00a0 \u00a0Typically, my gut instinct is to go for the tighter crop (the vertical in this case) because of the better detail on the bird, but I’m trying to expand my horizons a little and become more flexible with the options I consider.<\/p>\n If you have a preference between these two images I’d love to hear about it, but please\u00a0don’t think\u00a0you need to choose one over the other if you decide to comment on the image.<\/p>\n And this will be the last time (at least for a good long while) that I turn one of my posts into a compositional exercise.\u00a0 I promise!<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a shot that I like, partly due to the somewhat unusual effects of the light and the resulting colors. \u00a01\/1250, f\/8, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc, shot from pickup window, not baited, set up or called in It was taken on a very cold January morning (notice the frosty perch) just as the sun was coming up over the Wasatch mountains and the warm colors from the very low sun, combined with the light bouncing off all of the Phragmites in the area, gave the overall image a bit of a\u00a0slightly unusual color that appeals to me (as usual, I made no color adjustments during processing). After my last post on composition it seems that I’m fretting about cropping options even more than I usually do.\u00a0 I often try several versions, make a decision, then use (or post) just the one I think I like best.\u00a0 But in this instance I just wasn’t sure, so I decided to post two versions.\u00a0 \u00a0Typically, my gut instinct is to go for the tighter crop (the vertical in this case) because of the better detail on the bird, but I’m trying to expand my horizons a little and become more flexible with the options I consider. If you have a preference between these two images I’d love to hear about it, but please\u00a0don’t think\u00a0you need to choose one over the other if you decide to comment on the image. And this will be the last time (at least for a good long…<\/p>\n![\"northern](\"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/northern-harrier-7495-vertical-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"northern")
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