{"id":18138,"date":"2023-10-20T06:14:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=18138"},"modified":"2023-10-20T06:14:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:14:20","slug":"maine-tom-in-the-awkward-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=18138","title":{"rendered":"Maine! Tom in the awkward season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"18137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=18137\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1814&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1814\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_9811-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?fit=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?fit=904%2C820&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?resize=904%2C820&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-18137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C929&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?resize=300%2C272&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?resize=768%2C697&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1393&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?resize=904%2C820&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_9811-1.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wild Turkey: York County, Maine, USA, October 2023 \u2014 I came up on a flock of Wild Turkeys beside the road early one morning\u2026a mixed flock for a change, one big Tom and several hens and well grown poults\u2026so a harem. Tom turkeys are strange looking at the best of times, but here in the awkward season they look especially alien. These shots were all from the windows of the car, first on one side of the road and then the other. OM Systems OM-1 with ED 100-400mm zoom at various focal lengths for framing, 200-800mm equivalents. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Pro and assembled in FrameMagic. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-18138\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=18138&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-18138\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=18138&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=18138&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild Turkey: York County, Maine, USA, October 2023 \u2014 I came up on a flock of Wild Turkeys beside the road early one morning\u2026a mixed flock for a change, one big Tom and several hens and well grown poults\u2026so a harem. 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