As I’m typing the headline Ava exclaimed (with no picture displayed) – daddy why did you type “baby bird”.  She’s 4, when did she start reading?

Anyway, every year we have a few lost baby birds in our yard. They are usually Robins in the spring.  We don’t know what kind of bird this is.  Do you?

Just hanging out on a hot summer holiday.

Today when we looked out our 2nd floor window, someone was staring back.  With better eyesight too.

I ran to my office to grab my camera.  I put on my 200mm 2.8 lens and shot Raw knowing I might need to make adjustments.   I took a number of shots through the window screen.  I didn’t want to scare our friend away.

After I was happy with a few images I opened the screen to get a clearer shot and maybe a little closer.  The bird immediately spread its wings and flew away.  I tried to capture the flight, but all I got was an out of focus wing or two.

No award winner today. I have a feeling this image will be the extent of my animal nature photography in Detroit this winter.

Rosh

I’ve been staring at this bird feeder for the last couple weeks.  I though it might be a good subject  if I find myself busy and in need of a picture for 365.  Well, it only took five days for that to happen.

I shot about twenty-five images using both natural light and flash.  I balanced the evening background with the flash.  I would shake the camera different amounts with each exposure. I though the selected image  was a nice balance of sharpness and movement. It’s similar to what I did with the pinwheel, except the pinwheel was shoot in the middle of the day.

I think if done well it could be good subject in the future too.

Is it worthy or rushed?

Rosh