A pale gray scissor-tailed flycatcher with salmon-pink flanks and a very long forked tail perched on barbed wire against a blurred yellow field.

Scissor-tail on the wire

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max · iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 6.86mm f/1.78 at 7mm · f/1.8 · 1/60s · ISO 100

A scissor-tailed flycatcher, Oklahoma's state bird but a Texas favorite too, perched on a barbed-wire fence with a field of yellow behind it.

Behind the shot

Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Lens: iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 6.86mm f/1.78

Focal length: 7mm
Aperture: f/1.8
Shutter: 1/60s
ISO: 100

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