Busy Dad

Gallery: AvianPosted June 30, 2017176 views2 comments

David Schoen and I spent some time this morning at a local wetland area called McClane Creek. This Common Yellowthroat was busy supplying his young and I was able to get several shots, though by the time the sun got to the area, the light was rather harsh. While other shots were closer, I liked the habitat and mouthful in this image.

As a note, I managed to catch a take-off of this bird from a cattail but even at 1/2000 there was significant motion blur-they're fast.

7Dii, Sigma 150-600 C @ 600 mm, tripod with ballhead and Wimberley Sidekick, f/7.1, 1/2000, iso 640, aperture priority, pattern metering, -2/3 EV. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped from a horizontal original to 8.2 MP before resizing. Taken this morning at 7:34 AM.

Your comments and criticisms are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

2 comments

Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 30, 2017 at 11:02 PM

I really like the surroundings and the colors and the mouthful the bird has, and the simple background.

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Comment posted by David Schoen on July 1, 2017 at 11:34 AM

You are able to get a much cleaner shot then I was of this and I think we were both at about the same distance although in different locations. Despite the harsh lighting at the time, the shadows and background make this a very pleasing image. Good environmental point of view. I like it.

Registered on November 6, 2006, 1213 Posts, 4587 Comments