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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6 comments:

  1. Krzysiek Leśny MikundaApril 9, 2014 at 12:19 PM

    what a colors! What is it on the second plan, this pink one?

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  2. ChristhephotogApril 9, 2014 at 8:05 PM

    Thank 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.

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  3. madeinchinawigsApril 10, 2014 at 12:41 AM

    What a beautiful bird, the color is very nice.

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  4. ChristhephotogApril 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM

    Thank you so much for stopping by madeinchinawigs. I appreciate the lovely comment.

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  5. UnknownApril 11, 2014 at 10:25 AM

    You caught them so well. These birds are absolutely beautiful, especially the colors!

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  6. ChristhephotogApril 11, 2014 at 12:32 PM

    Thank 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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