Dove Portrait

Nikon D100, 600 f/4 AF-S, TC-20e, Incident Metering, f/11, 1/500, ISO 400, Gitzo 410, Wimberly Head.

Rock Doves--aka Pigeons--are everywhere. Since you see them all the time, most people don't give them much attention. Okay, some love feeding the things but mostly people consider these birds as part of the background, kind of like the blue sky. I think they can be quite interesting for behavior shots mostly because they're so available. These two were doing some sort of mating dance where the male preened the female. Quite interesting.