I only had seconds to photograph the Western Tanager. I was hand holding 840mm in a gloomy day at ISO 6400 as I tried to steady myself on a vineyard wire. The tanager would not come out in the open and I had no time to switch to manual focus so the bird is out of focus behind the vines.
I tried LAB and High Pass sharpening but I couldn't save the images so consider this as a record shot of a rare bird. The adult male in breeding plumage is stunning
Western Tanager
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