Day 114—Blue Birds

When I was six or seven, I joined the Blue Birds. My mother was the Blue Bird leader. I have only vague recollections of what Blue Birds was all about except that once Blue Birds turned ten, we “flew up” to become Campfire Girls. Sadly, a quick Google search about the purpose of Blue Birds (to provide creative experiences or something for little girls) was renamed in 1989 and so Blue Birds I knew no longer exists. The good news is that today, I saw my first non human blue bird and had my camera with me to document the event.

Mady and I were walking in Mahaney Park about 6PM this afternoon and I noticed what was obviously a blue bird sitting on a marker sign in the park. I very slowly inched closer as I photographed and tried to keep Mady under control. The female flew in as I started to shoot. Luckily, I’m trying to become comfortable using the Shutter Priority setting on my camera so it did capture the female in flight but I was having trouble with pinpointing my autofocus so it’s not in perfect focus. The still photos of the male blue bird didn’t need the shutter priority mode but that’s how the camera was set and I did manage to get the focus under control with the still shots. I cropped the first shot because I was pretty far away but the other two are SOOC. The female didn’t stay too long.

Focal Length 300mm
ISO 320
f/11
1/320
Cropped

Focal Length 300mm
ISO320
f/10
1/320
SOOC

Focal Length 300mm
ISO320
f/11
1/320
SOOC