{"id":1254,"date":"2011-02-07T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2011-02-07T08:58:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:58:57","slug":"monday-musings-shoot-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/monday-musings-shoot-low\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Musings – Shoot Low"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trying different perspectives can be fun. We finally had a break from the bitter cold yesterday. It was a balmy 40 degrees! I headed out early to be by the water at sunrise but found nothing to photograph. So I decided to go home and switch my subjects from shore birds to feeder birds.<\/p>\n

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Dark Eyed Junco on Snow Slope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used the nice weather to get dirty……wet actually. As you can see from these images, I got down in the snow and let the birds come to me. <\/p>\n

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Dark Eyed Junco Stare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shooting at bird height if you will, makes for an interesting perspective and aids in how the light falls on your subject.<\/p>\n

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Dark Eyed Junco, Coast is Clear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have always had a hard time making a good image of Dark Eyed Junco’s from above. With dark upper feathers, capturing light in the birds eyes is key.
\nI rather like shooting at this angle and love the contrast of the birds feathers and the texture of the snow these images poses. So next time you want to try something new, get down low!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trying different perspectives can be fun. We finally had a break from the bitter cold yesterday. It was a balmy 40 degrees! I headed out early to be by the water at sunrise but found nothing to photograph. So I decided to go home and switch my subjects from shore birds to feeder birds. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-musings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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