Shades Of May 56

May 13-14; Nikon D3000, no flash, handheld, tele-zoom and normal zoom, 1/400-1/4000 shutter speed, cropped, contrast increased, resized...

city park, flying magpie... somehow, while I am very patient when it comes to observing birds and taking photos, I rarely ever succeed at taking shots of magpies - they either fly away too quickly or perch themselves in trees too far away for my zoom; no idea why this is...they seem to be pretty but elusive birds...so, this is one of maybe 4 shots I managed to ever get of magpies...sadly