Posted July 24th, 2011

Bluebird Bringing Home Grub

When the Whitehorse Photography Club executive held a meeting at a member’s farm just outside town we had an opportunity to photograph bluebirds. They were nesting in a birdhouse and had chicks. They routinely perched on this post on their way to the nest with food for their young so this predictability made it easy to set up and be well prepared to capture the shot, while their familiarity with people being there allowed me to get fairly close. This male lingered for some time so I was able to carefully expose several good images. The long focal length in conjunction with wide separation between the post and the trees and fields beyond produced the wonderfully smooth background and the evening sun, filtered through high cloud, provided soft, warm light.
Pentax K-5, Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM @ 500mm, f/8, ISO 400