I spent the day going through some of my old photos. Looking for throwaways that I might try to salvage. I came across these two Mountain Bluebird photos that I had taken back in February of 2010, during one of my many trips to the Big Bend area of west Texas. I wanted to get close to some of these birds, as we don’t have them around my home area, but it was not to be. I had to settle for a couple images taken from a distance away.
I, for some reason or another, I hadn’t tossed them. So I decided to see if I could make something of them. So here are the originals and the end results. Enjoy.
un-edited
Mountain Bluebird in brush
- Canon EOS 7D
- Canon 100-400mm zoom lens
- 1/500 sec. @ f8
- ISO 1000
- Lens focal distance 400mm
- Metering – partial
un-edited
Mountain Bluebird on fence post
- Canon EOS 7D
- Canon 100-400mm zoom lens
- 1/500 sec. @ f8
- ISO 500
- Lens focal distance 400mm
- Metering – partial
So as you can see, the final results probably won’t win any awards, but I do now have some usable photos of these beautiful birds. Maybe on my next trip I will get some close-ups. Click on image to see an enlargement.
Texas Tweeties by Bob Zeller 