Eastern Bluebird

Posted by Axel Hildebrandt on Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:39 am

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R5II, RF600f4, 1.4x, 1/8000s. f/6.3, ISO 2500, manual

Photographed locally, interesting to see that there is a little bit of motion blur in the wing tips despite the high shutter speed. Please click on image for a larger version.

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by peter makuch on Wed Apr 02, 2025 7:35 am

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maybe human camera shack but none the less it's a good capture and fully extended position, AXEL.

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by Jakejacoby on Wed Apr 02, 2025 8:09 am

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A beautiful bird, well captured Axel.

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by Karl Egressy on Wed Apr 02, 2025 8:48 am

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Amazing image. I like the wing position and shape and the nice head turn.

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by Swissblad on Wed Apr 02, 2025 9:46 am

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Lovely capture Axel, pity about the motion blur - I wonder if the R1 would yield a better result.

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by david fletcher on Wed Apr 02, 2025 10:15 am

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Terrific capture Axel. Love the wing position!

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Wed Apr 02, 2025 10:17 am

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Swissblad wrote: Lovely capture Axel, pity about the motion blur - I wonder if the R1 would yield a better result.

Thanks, Sinuhe! I don't think it's a limitation of the camera, the Bluebird was just flapping really fast. Normally, 1/6400 is fast enough to freeze wings of small birds, surprisingly here even 1/8000 was not enough. Personally, I don't mind a little wing blur as it emphasizes the speed of the birds.

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by paul fletcher on Thu Apr 03, 2025 7:25 pm

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I don't think that some slight blurring of the wing tips, detracts from the quality of this image, Axel, so another excellent Bluebird photo, from your series.

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