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<\/p>\nIn flight shots with homogenous sky backgrounds I need a little something extra to provide more interest. Typically it doesn’t take much.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/8, ISO 500, Canon 40D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n This is an older photo of an adult Bald Eagle checking out other eagles on the ice below it at Farmington Bay WMA.<\/p>\n I often have an indifferent reaction to plain blue sky backgrounds. They add little if any interest to the photo and provide no hint of habitat. To say that if you’ve seen one blue sky background you’ve seen them all is probably a bit of a stretch but it isn’t a big one. For birds in flight where there isn’t even a perch in the setting to add interest I typically need something else to provide a little extra oomph to the photo. It doesn’t have to be much – just a little something extra to compensate for the blas\u00e9 background.<\/p>\n For me in this photo that extra something is provided by the flexing in both bent wings, a somewhat unusual flight posture. The effect is enhanced by the very long wings of a Bald Eagle and the good light on most of their ventral surfaces. I have many flight shots of Bald Eagles with blue sky backgrounds that will never see the light of day but this flight posture made just enough difference for me to post the photo. In my view the damaged flight feather on the left wing adds even more visual interest and I love the way that white head and yellow-orange bill stand out against the very dark plumage behind it.<\/p>\n I realize that many of my blog followers don’t share my ambivalence toward blue sky backgrounds but I can’t deny my own.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In flight shots with homogenous sky backgrounds I need a little something extra to provide more interest. Typically it doesn’t take much.<\/p>\n