Red Wing

I took a ton of shots of this little red wing blackbird without any expectations for a good shot. I was pretty far away from him standing on the roadside. These smaller birds are tough to photograph in flight and although I don’t think of this as a stellar shot it still makes me smile.

Photo Credits: Red Wing by Susan J. Preston, Santa Fe, NM © 2019, all rights reserved
Technical: Fuji XT-3 | 400mm (XF 100-400mm  f4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR) | 1/2000 sec | f 6.4  | ISO 1000

 

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