Daily Archives: April 28, 2022
Maine spring edition: Red-winged Blackbird (female)
Red-winged Blackbird (female): Kennebunk, Maine, USA, April 2022 — This is clearly a Red-winged Blackbird, and I am pretty sure it is a female, and not a first-year male, because I see no patch at all on the shoulder. The eyebrow is a bit bold for a female, but still. What really surprised me is the feet…take a close look at those feet. I have added a heavy crop from another photo to show the detail. Now there is foot made for wrapping around cat-tail reeds. 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 500 @ f4 @ 1/500th.
Blue-headed Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot: Las Cruces Biological Research Station, San Vito, Costa Rica, December 2021 — It really is amazing how many different parrot species we saw at the Wilson Botanical Gardens at Las Cruces. What is more amazing, is the we were seeing so many good birds that no one really remarked on the number of parrots 🙂 This is the Blue-headed Parrot…for obvious reasons…terrible lighting, and way too far away, but still great to see. These took special effort in post-processing 🙂 Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Pixelmator Photo and Apple Photos. ISO 200 @ f4 @ 1/500th. +2EV exposure compensation for the strong backlight (and then a lot of pumping up and black-point adjustment, as well as deep cropping and enlargement, in post).