{"id":99811,"date":"2021-07-01T05:25:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T11:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=99811"},"modified":"2021-07-01T05:29:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T11:29:10","slug":"gray-catbird-seemingly-hopeless-situations-can-still-be-worth-making-the-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/01\/gray-catbird-seemingly-hopeless-situations-can-still-be-worth-making-the-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Catbird – Seemingly Hopeless Situations Can Still Be Worth Making The Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making lemonade out of a lemon, it’s a tired old clich\u00e9 but sometimes it works.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, 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

Two days ago in the mountains there was so much vegetation between me and this Gray Catbird I could barely focus on his head, even while using a single active focus point. As a result I’d gain focus and then I’d lose it. I knew that any photos I took of ‘him’ while he was perched wouldn’t be worth the pixels they were written with, either because they’d be soft or because there was so much vegetation between me and the bird. Or both. Heck, I couldn’t even get a decent head turn out of the bird. Nothing was going right.<\/p>\n

But you know me, I’d rather have the takeoff or flight shot anyway so when I was finally able to focus on his head again I took my finger off of the back-button AF button, composed to give him extra room on the right and hoped he’d take off in the same plane as he was perched.<\/p>\n

My chances of success were slim but they were there.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, canvas added for composition<\/em><\/p>\n

And this time my strategy worked.<\/p>\n

He’s sharp, I captured a wing position I like and even though I almost clipped a wingtip I kept him in frame. I had to add a little extra canvas on the right to provide a composition that works for me but I still consider the image a success.<\/p>\n

And it was excellent practice to boot.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Making lemonade out of a lemon, it’s a tired old clich\u00e9 but sometimes it works.<\/p>\n

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