{"id":97535,"date":"2021-04-26T05:39:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=97535"},"modified":"2021-04-26T05:39:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T11:39:08","slug":"male-yellow-headed-blackbird-displaying-on-a-phrag-plume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/26\/male-yellow-headed-blackbird-displaying-on-a-phrag-plume\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Yellow-headed Blackbird Displaying On A Phrag Plume"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep, another blackbird.<\/p>\n

This is my third blackbird post in a row, including photos of two male Yellow-headed Blackbirds and one post about recognizing female Red-winged Blackbirds. Sorry if you’re growing tired of blackbirds but I can only post what I shoot.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I photographed this male four days ago at Bear River MBR as he was displaying on a phragmites plume. It was soon after sunrise so the light was very warm and there’s a lot of contrast between the black bird and the fully lit, light colored phrags. But in most of these shots I still managed to get a pretty decent exposure with good detail in most of the blacks without the phrags being too bright, even though it took some creative processing to accomplish it.<\/p>\n

All four photos are presented in the order they were taken.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

With his back to me getting light in his eye and on his face was problematic but occasionally I succeeded. This time I caught him performing his raspy call.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Thirteen frames later when he raised his wings I was quite pleased by how much detail I got in most of his plumage. For me that rarely happens with blackbirds.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This last shot is very similar to the previous one but I’m including it because of the better look at the underside of his left wing.<\/p>\n

All in all I was quite pleased with the series, surprisingly so since he had his back to me.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Yep, another blackbird.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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