At last the light is picking up, 2 whole stops better for photography than in December. Nice to be able to get a few flight shots at long last.
All the birds are in new plumage and beginning to display and sort out their territories. The Robins are battling it out, this time for feeding rights on the peanut butter and other food I and another two photographers have been leaving for them all winter.
Here's a nice flight shot of one of the tough guys. Taken with fill-flash to lift the shadows. Had to use a high ISO of 1600 and a shutter speed 1/3200s to freeze the wings. Luckily, my Nikon flash will synchronise with the shutter up to 1/8000s instead of the usual 1/250s of other makes which helps with fill-flash at high speeds.
