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I Am Not A Prairie Chicken!

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Posted by Brad Mangas on March 30, 2009 at 2:09 PM
I Am Not A Prairie Chicken!
Could be what this little friend was telling me. Or, geezz man you need a longer lens!

Eastern Medowlark
Posted by Bruce Lauderdale on March 30, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Yes he's no prairie chicken but as usual you have shown him to the best advantage. You put the bird right at the 3rd's hotspot and composed so that almost all the other lines are vertical or horizontal. Nice simplification of what would be a very busy scene (That is, if I had shot it :smile: )
Posted by Larry Daniel on March 30, 2009 at 3:51 PM
They often hang around in close proximity. Are you sure the pc's were not just over the hill?


:jump:
Posted by Daniel Loomis on March 30, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Growing up in Oklahoma, I saw thousands of Meadowlarks on barbed wire fences. I even remember some rather perjorative names given to them by the locals. But I always liked them for the song. Thanks for such splendid reminder, I can almost hear its song from your image!

Great example of the rule of thirds too!
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on March 30, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Very apt title Brad, and I think your subject is quite proud of that fact! Looks like another image for Kansas! magazine pardner. :wink:
Posted by Gale Rainwater on March 31, 2009 at 12:20 AM
I really like this one Brad. Love the lines and silhouette of him. :toast:
Posted by Angela Classen on March 31, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Great shot Brad. You caught him in mid-song - very cool!! Great composition and use of rule of thirds. I have always wanted to get a shot of one of these guys on an old rustic fencepost, but I don't have enough patience to wait for them to land and pose.