I set out recently to I improve my skills in photographing birds in flight. I doubt there is a better target to sharpen your ability to freeze a bird in flight than a skittish warbler. I’m happy with the results seen in this portrait of a yellow-rumped warbler. I confess, I am shooting near a pinecone feeder we have behind the house. Interestingly this warbler hovers in the air near the cone and sporadically dips in for a bite. Still, it moves incredibly quickly and freezing it in mid-air and in mid-wingbeat took a lot of patience. Getting beyond the how, the image is one I am proud of. We don’t get to see this handsome bird in such detail very often.
