{"id":101135,"date":"2021-08-08T05:57:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T11:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=101135"},"modified":"2021-08-08T06:10:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-08T12:10:09","slug":"female-mountain-bluebird-in-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/08\/female-mountain-bluebird-in-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Mountain Bluebird In Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a low success rate with this kind of shot, especially with Mountain Bluebirds.<\/p>\n

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1\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 800, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve been stuck at home because of wildfire smoke so I’m posting another older photo today. This one was taken on a June camping trip to Montana’s Centennial Valley. On that trip I spent a lot of time trying to photograph Tree Swallows and Mountain Bluebirds in flight as they were approaching or leaving their nest boxes and this photo was one of my few successes.<\/p>\n

For multiple reasons that I won’t go into this type of shot is harder than it might seem. But this pretty little lady had mercy on me and nearly hovered for a second or so in front of her nest box instead of zooming right to it so I had time to lock pretty good focus on her for a couple of shots. She isn’t quite tack sharp but I think she’s sharp ‘enough’, whatever that is. I posted the other photo I kept of her several years ago but this one is new to my blog.<\/p>\n

Sad to say I’m seeing fewer Mountain Bluebirds this summer than I usually do. Hopefully that’s only a temporary and localized blip in my anecdotal observations.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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I have a low success rate with this kind of shot, especially with Mountain Bluebirds.<\/p>\n

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