While photographing a nice wave of warblers migrating through last month, this brief confrontation between two Bay-breasted Warblers broke out. It last a few seconds, but luckily I was already pointing my lens on the one receiving the brunt of it. It was unexpected, and simply activated the shutter and hoped for the best. A couple of sharp frames were obtained, despite the very slow shutter speed for such fast small bird action! Here we see the aggressor giving the victim a push to the back - I got lucky to have both of theirs faces in the same plane of focus.
Canon R6 + 500mm f/4 II + 1.4TC III, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/800s., f/5.6, ISOI 3200, handheld, about 75% FF, a few minor cleanups in the foliage - contrast and saturation to taste.







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