Dan Perovich's Cyberfront Property

I saw this same type of bird snacking at my next door neighbor’s bird feeder yesterday.  I made the mistake of trying to shoot her through the french doors leading onto my deck.  Let me just say, that even with the 70-200mm L IS lens zoomed at 200mm, those panes of glass really ruined the clarity of the shots.

This morning, I woke up and saw it was a gorgeous day.  So I decided to have my coffee and cereal on the deck.  Once again, I saw my friend at the bird feeder.  I decided that if I sat outside quietly with camera and strobe in the ready, she would eventually come back and I could take her picture.  Sure enough, she came back, not once, but several times.  I was able to get a few good pictures and chose this one for today’s entry into my project.

I processed this photo earlier in the day.  As I’m typing up this post though, I now notice the perch that appears to be sticking out of the bird’s neck.  What a bummer.  I also don’t really like the flash reflection running along the plastic in the bird feeder.  I’m not sure if there is anything I could have done to prevent this.  I was using the flash to create a catch-light into the birds’ eyes.  It might be difficult to see in this resized image, but in the full size version, the attempt was quite successful.

The bird who was nice enough to sit for this morning’s shoot is a Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).  I am almost certain the photo is color correct as this orange is the same color I see with my own eyes.  Could it be that I’m colorblind, or was it the scientist who made the name official?