Over the Top
I’m an old soldier—or at least I was, in what feels like a different lifetime. This photograph is one of my earlier captures, and the bird’s posture and focused expression remind me of a World War I soldier climbing over the trenches, or perhaps the infantry motto: 'Follow Me.' The bird is a male indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea), which belongs to the family Cardinalidae, alongside cardinals.
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Fly softly and carry a big stick
Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
Olympus OM-1, Panasonic 100-300 II
100mm, f/4, 1/1600s, ISO 200
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