{"id":83715,"date":"2021-04-08T05:25:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T11:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=83715"},"modified":"2025-02-18T07:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:28:24","slug":"spring-male-ring-necked-pheasant-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/04\/08\/spring-male-ring-necked-pheasant-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Male Ring-necked Pheasant Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was tickled to be able to take a nice series of male Ring-necked Pheasant portraits yesterday morning in early morning light in Box Elder County<\/span><\/a>, Utah.<\/p>\n

\"SpringSpring male Ring-necked Pheasant close up \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The light still had a golden cast to it when I saw this pheasant perched on a fence railing near a ranch and pointed it out.<\/p>\n

I was close enough to the pheasant that even if I had removed my teleconverter I wouldn’t have been able to get his whole body in the frame so I opted to take portraits of him.<\/p>\n

I always appreciate being able to take portraits when I can because they can show details that full body photos might not.<\/p>\n

\"SpringSpring Ring-necked Pheasant portrait \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Ring-necked Pheasant also had some feather damage and his wings looked a little raggedy. These portrait photos don’t show that wear. Much anyway.<\/p>\n

As a small child living in Michigan I used to come across Ring-necked Pheasants on my grandparent’s farm quite often especially when I would walk down the dirt road to head into the Jack Pines<\/span><\/a> that are no longer there.<\/p>\n

When I look at Google maps of that area showing what it looks like now I am heartbroken by how few trees there are at the end of the road. The farmlands that used to be there are gone and subdivisions have replaced them.<\/p>\n

Ring-necked Pheasants are embedded into some of my earliest childhood memories and when I can take photos of them now they always make me smile.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I was tickled to be able to take a nice series of male Ring-necked Pheasant portraits yesterday morning in early morning light in Box Elder County, 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