
Originally Posted by
Patrick Sparkman
Something different from our recent Bosque trip. Not a Goose, Crane, or blur!
We had just put the polarizer in the 800 to shoot blurs when this juvi Blackbird landed right in front of us. I raised the shutter speed, and waited for the head turn. I like the claws, and the fact that the bird grabbed two twigs to stabilize himself.
Basic LR adjustments, and removed a couple of OOF twigs in CS5 using QM and clone tool.
Canon 1D IV, Canon 800 f5.6 IS, Drop-in polarizer, ISO 400, f 5.6, 1/640 sec, +1 EV in Aperture priority.