Black Birds

Captured a group of black birds on a street light just as one took off to capture a bug. I added some digital effects along with a texture to adde... more

by Darren Fisher

Title

Black Birds

Artist

Darren Fisher

Medium

Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art

Description

Captured a group of black birds on a street light just as one took off to capture a bug. I added some digital effects along with a texture to adde mood and drama to the image.
The Common Blackbird of the nominate subspecies T. m. merula is 23.5 to 29 centimetres (9.25 to 11.4 in) in length, has a long tail, and weighs 80�125 grammes (2.8 to 4.4 oz). The adult male has glossy black plumage, blackish-brown legs, a yellow eye-ring and an orange-yellow bill. The bill darkens somewhat in winter. The adult female is sooty-brown with a dull yellowish-brownish bill, a brownish-white throat and some weak mottling on the breast. The juvenile is similar to the female, but has pale spots on the upperparts, and the very young juvenile also has a speckled breast. Young birds vary in the shade of brown, with darker birds presumably males. The first year male resembles the adult male, but has a dark bill and weaker eye ring, and its folded wing is brown, rather than black like the body plumage.

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June 11th, 2013