downy dive

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Sometimes, the second shot proves to be most interesting.

A split instant after I took the first exposure of the downy woodpecker, I squeezed off another just as the small bird leaped from its perch, diving to another tree. Head first. Wings tucked. Like Olympian Greg Louganis, diving into open air off a ten meter tower.

Even though his dive took him out of my photographic depth of field, it still shows his perfect form. I'll give him at 10.

Oh to be a bird.

- Photo taken at Ijams Nature Center

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