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<\/p>\nA species I rarely get in flight, or even taking off.<\/p>\n
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1\/3200, f\/5.6, ISO 800, Canon R5, Canon EF500mm f\/4L IS II USM + 1.4 tc, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n Yesterday morning in the mountains I had a stroke of luck when I captured this female Yellow Warbler just as she was taking off. These small warblers are so darn fast I usually just get “air shots” when I try to photograph them taking off or in flight. I award bonus points to the image for catching her wings fully open and having good light on her face and a distinct catch light in her eye, with a penalty point or two subtracted because her face and eye are just a hair short of being razor sharp. A slightly faster shutter speed might have prevented that little problem. Or maybe not.<\/span><\/p>\n I never know for sure whether to call a photo like this one a takeoff shot or a flight shot because we can’t see if her feet are still on the perch (the vertical reddish twig behind her butt). I suppose that’s splitting hairs but I try to be accurate about stuff like that.<\/p>\n Anyway, warbler shots like this one are unusual enough for me to not even be bothered by that bright and slightly distracting stem end in front of part of her right wing. See, “Captain Picky” isn’t always so picky.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A species I rarely get in flight, or even taking off.<\/p>\n