Gold Finch
Aug 17, 2020 15:34:52 #
I was at a city park alongside the railroad tracks when I heard a train coming - when this guy suddenly posed for me. I had an 18-135mm lens mounted for the train - so I took what I could before he flew off {and then cropped to turn a 24mp photo into under 2mp} . I have never seen one of these birds so late in the Summer - I guess they normally hide in the trees.
Aug 17, 2020 15:58:25 #
Aug 17, 2020 16:13:55 #
UTMike wrote:
Good catch!
Thank you for your comment.
As I have already said, this truly was a "catch him while he is here" moment. In a few more seconds, {what turned out to be a boring 'container'} train was on that track you can see in the upper part of the photo. Even in this "no horn" zone, he left in a hurry.
Aug 17, 2020 17:47:47 #
Aug 17, 2020 18:02:24 #
Bob Mevis wrote:
A great capture.
Thank you for your comment - especially since I was ambivalent about taking it.
Aug 17, 2020 23:07:36 #
One of those lucky, spur of the moment shots that paid off...beautiful capture!! 
Aug 17, 2020 23:45:17 #
jederick wrote:
One of those lucky, spur of the moment shots that paid off...beautiful capture!!
Thank you for your comment.
Honestly, I wasn’t sure this was worth keeping until I loaded on my computer and zoomed way in - and then I was very glad I had clicked the shutter.
Aug 18, 2020 11:50:09 #
Aug 18, 2020 12:09:02 #
AzPicLady wrote:
that's a really neat picture.
Thank you for your comment.
I did not realize how neat the picture was until I looked at it on my computer.
He may have moved as I was taking the picture, so I didn't realize what I had until I looked.
It definitely was better than I remembered on the ride home.
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