These probably aren’t the best photos but these 2 males entertained me. The did their preening and dancing just a few meters from me. (I’m adding 4 images here though I’m not sure I’m doing it correctly)
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D850, ISO 400, 70-200 at 200, f8, 1/160 sec hand held
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Glad to see someone taking advantage of the new NPN allowing series, Steve. This is a cool looking courtship display and the first image in the series could easily stand alone as a fine image. Excellent job on the focus and exposure. While it would be nice if the vegetation weren’t in the way, it does add a feel of peeking in on something special.
I hope you have a video of these guys dancing, Steve. This is my first time seeing this. I can see you are already at f/8 and yeah, more DOF is always nice but this is almost an impossible situation to get both birds within the depth of field. I almost want to say to just go at f/4 or something and let the other bird be out of focus but that’s really a personal preference.
