Male House Finch in my backyard on a cloudy afternoon

Male House Finch in my backyard on a cloudy afternoon
* * Mike Umscheid PHOTOGRAPHY & STORM CHASE BLOG * *

Sat, 3 Dec 2016 20:38:58 -0600
Male House Finch in my backyard on a cloudy afternoon

Morning and afternoon backyard bird shoot
3 December 2016

Photographed from inside my Doghouse popup blind. The background for this setup shot was one of my three Dogwood 'Arctic Fire' shrubs in my wildlife garden. The bird was about 8 feet away, allowing me to shoot with my 70-200mm lens at 200mm. f/2.8 at 1/1000s and ISO 2200 with my Nikon D500 camera.