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Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good! (Poecile atricapillus)

It was kind of a dreary November late day here in South Carolina so I was shooting at a low shutter speed even at 1250 ISO. This little Chickadee took flight just as I tripped the shutter, producing this amazing photo. I could not replicate this in a million years!

The delineation of the wing feathers reminds me of those amazing black and white high speed images by "Doc" Edgerton!
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Habitat
Woodland
Location
Pawleys Island, SC, USA
Date taken
11-24-2019
Scientific name
Poecile atricapillus
Equipment used
Nikon D850, 600mm f/4 ED IF AIS Nikkor
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/30, f/8, ISO 1250
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sbarnhardt
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Interesting! I'll take lucky any day!!

Might I ask about the date taken shown above? I think you meant 2019?
 
delia todd
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That's a terrific picture that getting this wee chickadee in flight - an excellent job Scott.

LOL a bit of foresight perhaps lad!!! I'd love to be able to take a picture in the future. ;)
 

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North America
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Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D850
Aperture
ƒ/11
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/160
ISO
1600
Filename
Chickadee blur.jpg
File size
534.9 KB
Date taken
Sun, 24 November 2019 6:02 PM
Dimensions
1500px x 1279px

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