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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Variations on a Theme
This morning the lighting was perfect for photographing birds. There was a nice high cloud cover that broke up the light like a giant diffuser. There were a lot of Variant House finches coming to the feeders. Variants have a different plumage than the standard red House Finches. They are still the same species the plumage is just a different color. Today there was a range of color from yellow to orange and several with all three colors. I didn't see any copper colored ones. I had a great time and the birds did too.
God's blessings to all,
chris
Camera Equipment Used- Canon 7D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens Manfrotto 055XPROB Tripod with a Bogen 3055 Ballhead. Camera Settings- AV mode, ISO 400,F stop F5.6,Shutter speed varied
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what a colors! What is it on the second plan, this pink one?
ReplyDeleteThank you ,Krzysztof Mikunda. The non variant House finch is second image down. It is more reddish.The variants are the ones that have the orange and the yellows.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful bird, the color is very nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by madeinchinawigs. I appreciate the lovely comment.
ReplyDeleteYou caught them so well. These birds are absolutely beautiful, especially the colors!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping in for a look and the compliment, Inysa Aden. They are quite colorful right now being in their breeding colors.
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