Bird of a Diffrent Color...

Animals can be some of the best and worst subjects to photograph. Luckily this little guy, at the Antioch county fair, had some emotion to show right as I snapped the shoot. I'm particularly happy with the tiki mask in the background giving it even more character.

PHOTO TIP of the post is: You'll get a better and prettier blur out of your lens by zooming in to your subject from a few feet away rather than putting your subject a few inches from your lens. Shooting with a large aperture like f/2.8-5.6 doesn't hurt either.



Camera: Canon EOS 30D
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter: 1/125
Lens: Canon EF 70-300mm 3.5-5.6 @ 300mm
ISO: 400
Date Taken: June.02.2007