{"id":20222,"date":"2015-02-17T05:15:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T12:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=20222"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:24:15","slug":"horned-lark-extreme-close-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/02\/17\/horned-lark-extreme-close-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Horned Lark Extreme Close Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CloseHorned Lark Extreme Close Up – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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Could you guess what bird I photographed just from looking at the extreme close up photo above? I don’t think I could even though I photograph this species quite often.<\/p>\n

Last week I had a male Horned Lark land on a boulder very close to me and I was able to take one image of it before it flew off. I was using DX (cropped) mode on my Nikon D810 and the bird was so close I could not fit it all into the frame.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have time to remove my TC or switch to FX mode.<\/p>\n

When I came home and looked at the image on my screen I was disappointed because the tail was clipped but I blew the image up to 100% and admired the fine feather detail of the lark.<\/p>\n

The image above is a cropped section from that photo shown at 100% resolution and probably shows an area less than an inch wide of the bird.<\/p>\n

I really like how this shows the fine feather detail and structure.<\/p>\n

I am impressed with what the Nikon D810 can do and this Horned Lark extreme close up shows why.<\/p>\n

\"HornedHorned Lark in morning light – Nikon D810, f8, 1\/1250, ISO 320, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a different Horned Lark<\/span><\/a> taken just a few days before the close up image, they are small songbirds that are acting like it is already spring time.<\/p>\n

I have seen the males chasing each other and singing their little hearts out already. I love to see and hear them.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Could you guess what bird I photographed just from looking at the extreme close up photo above?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[511,27,1022,436,26],"tags":[4021,4142,4181,3329,1327,6433,2136,2718,4104],"class_list":["post-20222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-horned-larks","category-utah","tag-bird-photography","tag-close-up","tag-eremophila-alpestris","tag-feather-features","tag-horned-lark","tag-lark","tag-larks-2","tag-nikon-d810","tag-perched"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t