Airedale1
04-21-2012, 12:19 AM
Today I went back to Abenaki Pond in Wolfeboro and got a few images of a female Red-winged Blackbird. I spotted this one today and discovered very shortly afterwards that getting the shots caused me to be covered in ticks. I got them all though before they got me. I had 7 ticks on me and I did not venture very far into the brush. I actually stayed on the outskirts, but there must be tons of them there. I was not even out of my vehicle for more than 5 minutes. I guess that is all that it takes. Anyways here is an image of the female that I got today. Their appearance is quite different from their male counterparts.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/Airedale1/FRWBB2.jpg
The male RWBB has always been a nemesis bird for me. They are so skittish and when I finally manage to get one in my viewfinder, they are a real challenge to expose properly. I can never seem to get the whole bird looking good. It is very difficult for me to get the red and yellow to not look like a blob and on the rare occasion when I manage to get the red and yellow looking good the rest looks like crap. Here is the only image of a male that I have been able to get in which I was happy with the exposure. This one is from a few years back.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/Airedale1/RWB8-1.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/Airedale1/FRWBB2.jpg
The male RWBB has always been a nemesis bird for me. They are so skittish and when I finally manage to get one in my viewfinder, they are a real challenge to expose properly. I can never seem to get the whole bird looking good. It is very difficult for me to get the red and yellow to not look like a blob and on the rare occasion when I manage to get the red and yellow looking good the rest looks like crap. Here is the only image of a male that I have been able to get in which I was happy with the exposure. This one is from a few years back.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h33/Airedale1/RWB8-1.jpg