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| "Living in the
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| This is not an easy shot to get!
Mountain bluebirds move fast. They land on a fencepost and stay there
for about a nanosecond, then they take off like a rocket to points
unknown. A mountain bluebird really is an impressive sight; a flash of bright blue where the only other blue is the aptly named 'bluebird sky'. Keeping the bird within the camera's viewfinder was a challenge. My 210mm lens did not get me that close, so this is a great example of the more pixels the better! The original image has the bird as a bright blue tiny blur in the middle of the frame, but cropping, sharpening, and more tuning makes a decent image out of not much. Digital technology is cool! I took this photo at Rocky Mountain National Park. Look at more images from the park here. |
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