{"id":95382,"date":"2021-02-25T05:40:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=95382"},"modified":"2021-02-25T06:19:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T13:19:45","slug":"black-billed-magpie-amongst-flowering-sunflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/25\/black-billed-magpie-amongst-flowering-sunflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Black-billed Magpie Amongst Flowering Sunflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Near the end of a long winter I felt the need for some splashes of color this morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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1\/2500, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM @ 400mm, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I set this image aside for a post long ago and ongoing computer issues made today the perfect time to fall back on it. An unreliable primary computer isn’t a good thing for someone who publishes blog posts on an inflexible daily schedule. Black-billed Magpies are a favorite photo subject of mine and the yellow sunflowers with splashes of green in the background seem to have a calming effect on my frustrations and jangled nerves.<\/p>\n

This young magpie posed briefly on a rock on Antelope Island. ‘He’ was too close for my 500mm lens but he gave me enough time to reach for my smaller zoom lens and take a few shots. I get tired of the ubiquitous tan backgrounds I get on the island most of the year so the greens and yellows back there are a refreshing change. I’m also quite happy with my exposure on this difficult black and white bird.<\/p>\n

Magpies are feeling their springtime juices already. The magpies in my neighborhood are becoming even more raucous than usual and nest remodeling on the island has been in progress for some time.<\/p>\n

So I look forward to more magpie photo ops in the near future.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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PS – Don’t worry about me if there’s a few days down the road when I don’t post to Feathered Photography. If my computer dies on me it may take me some time to get back up and running.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Near the end of a long winter I felt the need for some splashes of color this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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