Took a while, but finally able to lure a beautiful Common Raven (or three) into close photography range with a strategically placed bust of Pallas. All shots at Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site (a.k.a. Prison Camp) half-way up (more or less) Mt. Lemmon, outside Tucson, AZ.
The photographer in the eye of the beholder:
Coming from Erie, PA where Common Ravens are very uncommon and mostly transient, encounters like this are a very happy occasion!
In the eye of the beholder! very amazing!
Oh, and did the raven ‘quoth?”
The color is beautiful! From a distance they look solid black!
Amazing to see the blue-black color in the right lighting!