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[Kerry Perkins]

Common bird, but beautiful as well. Pigeons are a real challenge if you try to capture just one! This was a "blue sky" shot, so I layered in a sky from another image. I keep a folder called "skies", where I put images I capture randomly when I see a nice sky. They come in handy!

1D4, EF400mm f/5.6L
Manual mode, f/5.6@1/4000 ISO 800 WB 5200K
AI Servo autofocus, hand-held no flash

[Doug West]

Extra nice Kerry...especially in the air. For a moment there, I didn't think
they could fly after seeing them on the ground so much :)

Doug

[Kerry Perkins]

Thanks Doug, I know what you mean! When they do fly it is usually a whole flock at once. It is good practice to isolate one bird and try to capture it in flight!