Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Brown-headed Blackbird

 
I tried something that I've rarely done before. I spent some time at San Francisco's Lake Merced Lake yesterday and found myself quite close to a small flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds. Unfortunately it was about 6:30 PM and with heavily overcast skies, the lighting was very poor.
So, since they were tolerating me so near (within 15'), I decided I'd try my flash.  It turned out to work great.  The first few shots I took were a little over exposed so I adjusted the exposure down a full stop and ended up with some pretty good pictures.
The flash didn't seem to bother the birds, so I may try it more often in gloomy light. 

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