I’ve always been a sucker for unusual poses and flight postures.
1/1600, f/5.6, ISO 800, 500 f/4, 1.4 tc
This female Mountain Bluebird had been flitting around in the brush all morning while looking for cicadas to feed her brood. I didn’t have much light for the shot (I was surprised to get a catch light) and there’s a lot going on in the background but for me the wing and tail position and the somewhat unusual angle of take-off helped to make up for it.
I’m sure looking forward to spending more time with these birds up north this summer.
Ron
Wonderful pose! With the colour and the angle of take off I never really noticed the background!
same here. Wonderful catch!
Amazing wing extension as the bird looks to be leveling off from a dive-an extraordinary flight capture Ron, congrats!
You’re right, Ron. Beautiful shot and a great pose.
Beautiful! and they are so bright blue this time of year!