{"id":14858,"date":"2014-04-29T04:57:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T10:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=14858"},"modified":"2024-10-31T03:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T08:51:49","slug":"two-simple-sage-thrasher-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/29\/two-simple-sage-thrasher-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Two simple Sage Thrasher Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SageSage Thrasher with a peachy background – Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/320, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not called in or baited<\/span><\/p>\n

While on Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> yesterday I was able to photograph these two Sage Thrashers in two different locations with\u00a0one perched\u00a0on Sagebrush and the other on Rabbitbrush. The light\u00a0was different and the one thing they had in common besides the bird species is that in the background both images\u00a0have out of focus dried seed stalks\u00a0of large swaths of Moth Mullein.<\/p>\n

There were\u00a0some fluffy clouds yesterday morning and\u00a0this Sage Thrasher was still in the shadow of a cloud but when the sun lit up the\u00a0field of dried Moth Mullein stalks behind and below the thrasher brightly for a few seconds\u00a0it created the peachy background in the frame above. It almost seems to glow.<\/p>\n

\"WindblownWindblown Sage Thrasher\u00a0– Nikon D300, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 500, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not called in or baited<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This Sage Thrasher also had a large field of dried Moth Mullein\u00a0behind the Rabbitbrush but the light was\u00a0fell evenly on the\u00a0bird and the background\u00a0so the background is a more muted reddish-brown tone. The\u00a0breeze kicked up for a few seconds giving the thrasher a windblown look.<\/p>\n

Two very different results from simple Sage Thrasher photos.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Sage Thrasher photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While on Antelope Island yesterday I was able to photograph these two Sage Thrashers in two different locations with one perched on Sagebrush and the other on Rabbitbrush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,27,1022,103,26],"tags":[4004,211,11978,4164,5863,4104,4289,4003,165,4613,735,6148],"class_list":["post-14858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-sage-thrashers","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-background","tag-desert-island","tag-oreoscoptes-montanus","tag-peachy","tag-perched","tag-rabbitbrush","tag-sage-thrasher","tag-spring","tag-thrasher","tag-thrashers","tag-windblown"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/sage-thrasher-high-key-mia-mcpherson-9394.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-3RE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100621,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/03\/13\/looking-for-my-first-of-year-sage-thrasher\/","url_meta":{"origin":14858,"position":0},"title":"Looking For My First Of Year Sage Thrasher","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"March 13th is an anniversary of sorts for me. 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