Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on March 06, 2025, 01:28:22 PM
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It was quite a dismal, miserably, windy, dull, why-am-I-here morning. The answer came almost immediately in my rear view mirror. At my age I tend to look backwards quite a lot. I pulled over, even though I was only travelling at 3 kph. I grabbed my camera and left my car to cool down and rethink its attitude with its right wheels half in a ditch. I managed a few shots of the half dozen bluebirds but certainly not under ideal conditions and I wasn't all that close to them. The light was low, I was shooting mostly upwards with an overcast sky as background and wind was being PITA. I shot at between ISO 1000 - 2000 at f8, with over-exposure 1/3 stop. My hands were cold. I know, I know .... gripe, gripe, gripe.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-MgbGgtC/0/KqsXwg64rXHjFkn7QHmNHZBDFHCW8X7T9mQ5Wptbs/L/Bluebird%2CM%2COK%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-MgbGgtC/A)
Female Eastern bluebird
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-9H6vHr7/0/NZGc5khHNF9FHQqQsvKXzP3JFnN5SCDJGZ73rXDpD/L/Bluebird%2CM%2Cwing%20raised%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-9H6vHr7/A)
Male
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4MkSK7v/0/LkV8RrC9Cwq4v8RJPsKbJWxMZV7X5Db9KpHCXP33B/L/Bluebird%2Cwind%20ruffled%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4MkSK7v/A)
The wind ruffling its coronal feathers