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Red-winged blackbird in the reeds

Posted by Steve Boer on May 30, 2017
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Blackbird singin’ in the afternoon… I liked the way the sun was back-lighting these reeds and the blackbird made a nice foreground subject.

Red-winged blackbird in the reeds
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/500, Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 260mm

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Red-wing Blackbird in Flight

Posted by Steve Boer on June 11, 2015
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Here is a so-so attempt at capturing a red-wing blackbird in flight. I still have a lot of practice to get in before I’m good at these. I can’t help wondering if a better camera than the 60D would help with focus and tracking, or if it’s all me.

Red-wing blackbird in flight
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/500, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 350mm

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Yellow-headed Blackbirds

Posted by Steve Boer on May 14, 2015
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Here’s a few photos of Yellow-headed blackbirds. Scientific name of xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Seems kinda redundant, but hey, I didn’t make it up.


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Evil Blackbird

Posted by Steve Boer on February 4, 2015
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Random number photo 1813 is this photo of a red-wing blackbird that I doctored up a little, removing all of the color except for the bird’s shoulders.

Evil Blackbird
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/500, Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 300mm

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Redwing Blackbird

Posted by Steve Boer on July 7, 2014
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I seem to enjoy playing with colour vs black and white with my blackbird photos. This one I converted mostly to black and white, keeping the colouring on the bird and the bottom of the image where the reeds were green. The rest of them were a kind of pale yellow-brown and I think removing the colour from them made the bird stand out a little more.

Redwing Blackbird - partial b&w conversion with select colors
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/1000, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 400mm

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Evil Blackbird

Posted by Steve Boer on June 30, 2013
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I was trying to capture some in-flight moments yesterday, but none of them really turned out. I did like this one photo of this red-winged blackbird though. I caught him at just the time he was flapping from one branch to the next. It resulted in what I think is an interesting photograph and somehow makes him look kind of evil or nefarious. I converted to black and white, but kept just the colouring on his shoulders.

Evil Blackbird
Camera: Canon EOS 60D, Exposure Time: 1/500, Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 300mm

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Blackbird singin’ in the dead of night…

Posted by Steve Boer on January 30, 2013
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Dawn sings that line almost every time I take a photo of a blackbird. There’s a nice spot not far from where we live that is home to many of them. Today I have for you a red wing blackbird and two yellow-headed blackbirds. They are fun birds to photograph because it’s not that hard to get reasonably close to them. I think they like to show off…

Red-winged Blackbird closeup

Yellow-headed Blackbird - Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Yellow-headed Blackbird singing