{"id":53337,"date":"2018-08-02T05:44:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T11:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=53337"},"modified":"2024-02-26T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:46:48","slug":"over-the-shoulder-look-from-a-house-wren-plus-an-illusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/08\/02\/over-the-shoulder-look-from-a-house-wren-plus-an-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Over the Shoulder Look from a House Wren &#8211; Plus an Illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the last day of May I was high up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uinta_Mountains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Uinta Mountains<\/span><\/a> photographing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/06\/03\/nesting-tree-swallows-in-the-high-uintas\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tree Swallows<\/span><\/a>, Yellow Warblers, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/06\/01\/close-up-photos-of-a-bull-moose-in-velvet-eating-willows\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bull Moose in velvet<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/06\/02\/photographing-nesting-house-wrens-in-the-high-uintas\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">nesting House Wrens<\/span><\/a>, this low light House Wren photo was also taken on that same day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-121991 size-full\" title=\"Over the shoulder look from a House Wren\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600.jpg\" alt=\"Over the shoulder look from a House Wren, Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-wren-dog-face-mia-mcpherson-3600.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Over the shoulder look from a House Wren &#8211; Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/500, ISO 500, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even though I like the pose of the House Wren I don&#8217;t care much for the quality of the image because of the low light conditions or the cluttered looking background and normally this photo wouldn&#8217;t make the cut to be processed let alone being posted on my blog but something in this photo caught my eye.<\/p>\n<p>There are times I enjoy finding hidden faces in clouds, rocks, trees or other natural features and I saw one in this House Wren photo. I sent it to my oldest son but I don&#8217;t think he saw the hidden face because he didn&#8217;t answer my query. The reason I sent it to him is that he has two Boxers (Harley and Quinn) and I see the face of a Boxer in this photo. Can you see it? I&#8217;ll provide the answer as to where I see it way down below.<\/p>\n<p>This image won&#8217;t make it into my photo gallery but I like it.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/house-wren-images\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my House Wren photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I see the silhouette of a Boxer&#8217;s head to the right of the wren&#8217;s head towards the top of the frame just barely above the branch the wren is perched on. I believe the illusion was caused by a very out of focus aspen branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are times I enjoy finding hidden faces in clouds, rocks, trees or other natural features and I saw one in this House Wren 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