{"id":35140,"date":"2016-01-28T05:55:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T12:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=35140"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:56:38","slug":"portraits-of-an-adult-black-billed-magpie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/01\/28\/portraits-of-an-adult-black-billed-magpie\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits Of An Adult Black-billed Magpie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AdultAdult Black-billed Magpie close up – Nikon D810, f16, 1\/160, ISO 800, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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It isn’t often that I am able to be so close to a Black-billed Magpie as I was yesterday morning on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a> but when I am that close I will take advantage of the situation. I only have a few portraits of an adult Black-billed Magpie and yesterday I was able to add several of them to my portfolio.<\/p>\n

Some people find Black-billed Magpies to be nothing more than pests and annoyances. Not me, I think all members of the corvid family are fascinating, intelligent, and fun to observe and photograph.<\/p>\n

\"PortraitPortrait of an adult Black-billed Magpie – Nikon D810, f16, 1\/80, ISO 320, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This magpie was so close I felt I needed as much depth of field as possible and since the magpie was being cooperative I experimented with my ISO and aperture to get the sharpest images I could with as much detail as possible.<\/p>\n

I will say that I don’t like passing up opportunities to take portraits of any bird or animal when I have the chance because portraits give us a chance to view the eyes closer and see more facial details than we can with full body images.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I only have a few portraits of an adult Black-billed Magpie and yesterday I was able to add several of them to my portfolio. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151850,"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":[511,27,245,1022,26],"tags":[4004,1813,4142,6005,4842,4167,4046,4746,4018],"class_list":["post-35140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-black-billed-magpies","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-black-billed-magpie","tag-close-up","tag-magpie","tag-magpies","tag-pica-hudsonia","tag-portrait","tag-portraits","tag-sky"],"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