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<\/p>\nSo I’m surprised I haven’t posted the photo before.<\/p>\n
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1\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 400, 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 It was taken on Antelope Island in April of 2016. I have no memory of taking it and I had no idea it was even in my files, until yesterday when I stumbled across it while culling a block of older images.<\/p>\n It’s the pose that I like most but I also think the rock surrounded by early spring grasses and dried grasses from the previous year is a great perch. I have a clean background and the Chukar is well lit. Partly because of the elevated perch the bird was at eye level and in my view that’s nearly always a plus. As a final small but important detail, I love those white vegetation fibers wrapped around ‘his’ red legs and feet.<\/p>\n If I were forced to pick some nits there would be two of them. It was almost 9:30 in the morning when I took the photo so the light isn’t quite as soft and warm as I’d prefer and I didn’t have enough room on the left for a composition I’d like a little better than this one. For personal aesthetic reasons I generally prefer a 5:7 aspect ratio but for this version of the photo I had to settle for 4:5.<\/p>\n But if I weren’t forced to pick nits I probably wouldn’t pick any.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I’m surprised I haven’t posted the photo before.<\/p>\n