starling's doing his toilet

qwerrie (72)Member Russiain WORLD OF XPILAR • 3 years ago (edited)

A starling posed me today during my walk in a park.

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location:	St.Petersburg, Russia	May 2022	natural lighting
camera/lens:	Canon 5D	Canon 70-300mm	raw-conv
f 5.6	t 1/320	ISO 200

It was quite a successful birding session today with my telephoto lens: I met a coot, a starling, and a chaffinch (and numerous doves, as well). And the most important thing is, they let me close, posing well for close-ups scenes of bird's life. For now, I'll share the first couple of shots: the starling is doing his toilet, sitting on a linden branch.

Сегодняшняя прогулка с телевиком - фотоохота на птиц была успешна, мне встретились (и близко подпустили, хорошо попозировав для близких планов) лысуха, скворец, и зяблик (не считая кучу голубей). Пока покажу пару кадров: скворец устроил себе туалет, сидя на ветке липы.

Uncropped version of the photo above.