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Getting closer
Ignoring one another
“Holding hands”
Critique Style Requested: Standard
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Description
I’ve been keeping an eye on our Purple Martin gourd rack this week to see how many we’re getting in (they are a bit late this year). A couple of days ago I caught this pair in what looked like courtship. These are four of a couple of hundred frames of the interaction.
Specific Feedback
Does this series actually communicate a story? I could fake it a little and add a shot of a couple on their “porch” but I couldn’t even be sure it’s this couple, so it would make me a bit uncomfortable to present it that way. In this case, they flew off in one of the mass explosions of birds that this species delights in only to return in minutes, usually to different perches.
Technical Details
Sony A1, FE 200-600 + 1.4 TC @ 700 mm (hoping for flight shots), monopod with Wimberley Sidekick head, f/9, 1/2500, iso 1000. Processed in LR (global white balance and luminosity adjustments synchronized for all images) and Photoshop (cropping, removing part of another perch and microcontrast boost on the birds. All images taken the morning of April 17th between 7:43 and 7:49.
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