Low Light Carolina Wren Images

I don’t always have the best light to photograph birds in—that’s simply a fact. But I do like these low-light Carolina Wren images taken this week.

Low light Carolina Wren about to lift off – Canon R7, f7.1, 1/160, ISO 1600, +0.3 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 400mm, natural light

I’ve learned over the many years I have been photographing birds and nature to work with the light, not fight it. In my opinion, low-light photos can be appealing, especially if I process them as low-light images. I expose them properly in-camera, and there usually aren’t any problems with excessive noise.

So, I knew I could handle photographing these wrens in low-light conditions. I have lots of experience photographing birds in difficult lighting.

This Carolina Wren had come to the suet feeder briefly, and I took advantage of the opportunity the wren gave me. I adore these wrens.

Low light Carolina Wren in Arkansas – Canon R7, f8, 1/60, ISO 1600, +0.7 EV, Canon 100-400mm at 300mm, natural light

I deeply missed these animated, perky, and charismatic wrens while living in Utah. I’m thrilled to be seeing, hearing, and photographing them again.

Carolina Wrens are nonmigratory, which means I will have many opportunities to photograph them throughout all four seasons. I can picture them in photos with fall-colored leaves, in a snowy setting, among spring flowers, and during the heat of summer. I hope one day to photograph their young, which are extremely cute, as I recall.

The adult Carolina Wrens here have been bolder recently and seem to be showing up in front of my lens a couple of times a day. I’m deeply grateful for each and every time they appear in my viewfinder and get excited when I hear them calling close by.

Life is good.

Mia

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