Pretty in Pink was created by first setting up a pink Batik fabric background about fifteen feet out from my back bedroom window. Next I set up an old wooden step ladder out seven feet from the widow. I attached a perch to the side of it with an A clamp. Behind it on the back side of the ladder I clamped a pink branch with blossoms on it. Above and to the right of the perch I clamped a single port bird feeder just out of the cameras view. The camera I set up in the bedroom behind a flat camouflage window blind with a hole cut for the camera lens to poke through. My camera was on a tripod with a gimbal mount. I was using a Canon R6 MKII mirrorless camera with a Canon rf 200-800mm lens. I used a 13mm extension tube for close focusing. Once the birds got used to the feeder I started using my camera. I had Steller's jays, Band-tailed Pigeons, Chestnut Backed Chickadees and Common Ravens. The Jays were the most common visitors. For camera settings I was using an ISO of 6400 due to the dim light. I had an F stop of F 8.0 which allowed the background fabric to blur out to a pleasant pink. I created many, many images. This one with the over the shoulder look showing off the bird's plumage was my favorite. God's love and blessings to all, chris
