Mourning Dove
It’s easy to sit here and contemplate taking photos in a given situation-I would have these settings, I would compose it a certain way, I would process it in this manner. It is a little more difficult when you are sitting there and the bird comes in to your vision. It is easy to forget what you “should” do. This is an example. If I had either flipped my camera over into portrait/vertical mode or if I had brought my POV down, I might have captured a better shot. It would have showed the dove landing and the reflection of the same. In this shot I barely caught the reflection. This image had a small amount of canvas added to the bottom of the image. This was taken at Desert Photo Retreat.
Country United States
State Arizona
Location Desert Photo Retreat
Gender Unknown
Age Adult
Activity At a Bird Feeder, BIF (Bird in Flight), In or By Water
- Created Timestamp01/22/2026 16:13:08
- CameraCanon EOS R5m2
- Aperture10
- CreditJim Babbitt
- CopyrightCopyright Jim and Debbie Babbitt, 2026
- Focal Length114
- Iso2000
- Shutter Speed1/3200
Interesting shot.