{"id":6828,"date":"2012-12-18T06:42:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6828"},"modified":"2025-12-12T06:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:09:37","slug":"western-meadowlark-lift-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/18\/western-meadowlark-lift-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Meadowlark Lift Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WesternWestern Meadowlark lifting off from a sagebrush – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/1250, ISO 640, +1.0 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light, not baited or called in<\/span><\/p>\n

This Western Meadowlark image was taken last month on Antelope Island State Park<\/span><\/a>. I meant to post it earlier but forgot because I got so busy trying to set up my new computer. Life outside of bird photography does get in the way at times.<\/p>\n

If you have ever tried to photograph a Western Meadowlark in flight or lifting off you probably know they are very fast and that it is a challenge because of their speed.<\/p>\n

I should have bumped my ISO up to get a faster shutter speed when I took this image to freeze the action of the wings but I’ve also grown to appreciate how a touch of blur can add a sense of movement to an image like this. The face, bill, and eye are sharp and in my opinion that is what is most critical.<\/p>\n

I feel fortunate to have the opportunities to photograph Western Meadowlarks here year round.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This Western Meadowlark image was taken last month on Antelope Island State Park. I meant to post it earlier but forgot because I got so busy trying to set up my new computer. Life outside of bird photography does get in the way at times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165603,"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":[511,27,1022,26,371],"tags":[4004,4282,4824,4825,519,2817,4057,4061,4308],"class_list":["post-6828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-utah","category-western-meadowlarks","tag-adult","tag-lift-off","tag-meadowlark","tag-meadowlarks","tag-nature","tag-sage","tag-sagebrush","tag-sturnella-neglecta","tag-western-meadowlark"],"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