There’s one stretch of road at the Ridgfield National Wildlife Refuge where this Yellow-headed Blackbird has decided to call home. The bird rarely leaves the cattails on the right side of the road making the bird a dream to photograph from one’s vehicle. In this shot, the background wasn’t the most desirable but the bird gave me an awesome display of its feathers from head to tail. Taken with a Canon 7D, 1/250, f5.6, ISO800, Canon 400mm f5.6L lens, with flash fill.
Yellow-headed Blackbird Portrait
There’s one stretch of road at the Ridgfield National Wildlife Refuge where this Yellow-headed Blackbird has decided to call home. The bird rarely leaves the cattails on the right side of the road making the bird a dream to photograph from one’s vehicle. In this shot, the background wasn’t the most desirable but the bird gave me an awesome display of its feathers from head to tail. Taken with a Canon 7D, 1/250, f5.6, ISO800, Canon 400mm f5.6L lens, with flash fill.
My Gear:
- Canon EOS 5D Mark IV & Grip
- Canon EOS 7D Mark II
- Canon EF 500mm f4L IS II
- Canon EF 24-105mm f4L
- Canon EF 50mm f1.8
- Canon 1.4X III Extender
- Canon 2x III Extender
- Canon 580EX Flash
- Zoom H1 Recorder
- Better Beamer
- Manfrotto tripod/monopod
- Manfrotto Gimbal Head
- Sandisk Compact Flash Cards
- The Molar Bean Bag by Vertex
- Joby Gorillapod Focus & Ballhead
- Canon EG200 Backpack
- Storm Jacket Camera Cover
- Kinesis Safari Sack
- Original Bug Shirt Elite Edition
Software:
- Adobe Photoshop CC
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic
- Nik Color EFEX Pro 4
- Nik Sharpener 3
- Nik Dfine 2.0
- Nik Viveza 2
- Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
- Nik Silver Efex Pro 2
- Nik Analog Efex Pro