Daniel Cadieux
12-06-2016, 05:58 AM
I recently came across a small flock of 10 of these guys in an spot that almost always has them this time of year before they move on to agricultural areas for the winter months. Many times using audio works well to get them to come closer but on this occasion they simply ignored it. I had to resort to good ol'fashioned fieldcraft to get closer. The first 20 minutes or so that I crawled in the grass they kept their distance, just out of reach. I moved a foot, they did too (all the while feeding on short grass seeds). After that they accepted me as part of the landscape and I was able to manoeuvre pretty much as I wished as long as I remained low and slow. Think shorebird bird photography, that is pretty much how it felt! Here I was fortunate that this individual stopped in front of some hardy flowers.
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop to help the comp, eye works, two distracting brighter elements in the BG blended out via cloning.
Canon 7DII + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/400s., f/5.6, ISO 800, natural light, handheld, small crop to help the comp, eye works, two distracting brighter elements in the BG blended out via cloning.