At least they have a nice voice.

[MN Shutterbug]

NOT! They're not my favorite bird to shoot, not by a long shot, but they do present a different type of challenge.

[Deitz Dittrich]

That is a great capture.

[eyeguy 54]

nice pose. I have been playing with the exposure a bit on some bird pics and finding out I am liking 2/3rds plus on the exposure sometimes. I hope to try it on a RWBB to see how it looks.

[MN Shutterbug]

Thanks guys.

Eyeguy, if using evaluative metering, the background density and the amount of background in the shot has a lot to do with how you expose the shot. If the bird would have taken up over half the frame, I probably wouldn't have had to compensate at all because the lighter bg coupled with the dark bird would have probably averaged to a normal exposure. Also, if the bg would have been pine trees, I'd have had to go to a minus on the dial due to the overall darkness of the shot.

[eyeguy 54]

got it. fun trying different stuff.

[Canon Guy]

Nice capture. I've had a tough time getting a good shot of them.