Laurie_Madsen

Under Attack

Under Attack

Pine Siskins are social birds but aggressive towards outsiders.
Watching their animated actions inspired me to capture their motion and aggression.
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Pine Siskins are social birds but aggressive towards outsiders.
Watching their animated actions inspired me to capture their motion and aggression.
I chose a slower shutter speed to allow the subject to take part in creating an intentional motion blur capture.
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camera

PENTAX K-3

settings

settings

Aperture f/6.7 ISO 100 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 32000/100

upload_date

upload_date

Feb, 2015

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199

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+30

Awards

Outstanding Creativity

+2

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Absolute Masterpiece

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