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Monday, April 20, 2020

Portrait of a Grey Wagtail at ISO 3200


Our friendly neighborhood Wagtail's throat is now molting to black (its breeding plumage). Pretty soon, it will have put on enough weight (fuel) to make the long flight to its breeding grounds across the South China Sea.

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Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea, migrant) 

Habitat - Streams and forest roads at all elevations. 

Shooting info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, Philippines, April 21, 2020, Canon 5D III + EF 400 f/2.8 IS + EF 2x TC III,
800mm, f/5.6, ISO 3200, 1/640 sec, manual exposure in available light, bean bag on the ground, uncropped full frame resized to 800 x 533. 

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