Rock Dove (Pigeon)

Went into the city and brought the camera specifically to get pictures of rock doves. I'm glad I did! They are perfectly content to get up close and there's so many that I had my pick of subjects! Here we have two with very different feather patterns, both of whom were picking through a local park.

The stability of a bird's head really shows in the first picture, where the head and eye are so sharp but the rest of the body (and especially its foot) still has motion blur!

I feel like pigeons have a really bad reputation, but they’re lovely creatures. If you don’t like pigeons I encourage you to read up on their tragic backstory.
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