Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Gallery: AvianPosted June 4, 2017202 views7 comments

This is from our Galveston trip. There were a lot of this species around a feeder set up that I had going. I managed to capture this one as it hovered next to the set up.
Canon 1DX II, 500F4 1/2500 F6.3, iso 800,manual mode, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley head, blind

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Comment posted by David Schoen on June 4, 2017 at 2:42 PM

I've always liked head-on in-flight shots of birds. This is no exception. You got really nice color and wing position, superb detail and a head turn.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on June 4, 2017 at 3:08 PM

Wow, what a beautiful stop action shot of this beautiful bird in flight, Nate! Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Hans Overduin on June 4, 2017 at 3:44 PM

The pose and wing spread is awesome, Nate. And a fine species, of course cool

. Cheers, Hans

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 4, 2017 at 7:08 PM

Cool flight shot, Nate. I do wish that dark area of the bg didn't coincide so well with the dark head of the bird.

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Comment posted by Jefferson Silva on June 5, 2017 at 11:49 AM

Great image. The larger version is a must see. Wonderful

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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on June 5, 2017 at 8:11 PM

Nice job catching this guy in flight, Nate.

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on June 6, 2017 at 12:57 AM

A very nice capture with some very difficult lighting, Nate. It is too bad that it's black head overlaps that dark background but it still works pretty well in the large version.

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