Sanderling Feeding
Sometimes it takes some effort to get to your veggies. This Sanderling is in full stretch mode to get his breakfast out of the sand.
Taken with Canon 7D and Canon 500mm F4 IS II lens with 1.4x III teleconverter mounted on Skimmer ground pod and Wimberley II head.
1/1250 sec @ F5.6, ISO 400, evaluative metering, +1/3 exposure compensation, 700mm
Size Does Matter
Most of the time it’s difficult to get real close to wildlife. Sometimes though you can get lucky and get close enough for a head shot or in this case, a little too lucky, when you can barely get their head in the frame. From the comfort of my stealth Honda, got this shot of a Great Blue Heron at Brazoria NWR. While shooting at 500mm, he came close enough for what I’d call a beak shot. Used a pano crop to highlight the length of his beak. Size does matter, in the bird world.
Taken with Canon 7D and Canon 500mm F4 IS II lens with 1.4x III teleconverter, handheld
1/200 sec @ F8, ISO 400, evaluative metering, + 1/3 exposure compensation, 500mm
Golden Avocet
Early morning golden light can be like magic for wildlife photos. I’m amazed at how many people I see that show up to locations that I’ve been shooting at as I’m leaving. They don’t seem to have a grasp on the concept of good lighting for wildlife photography. It’s all about the light, in my opinion.
Caught this Avocet in the golden hour just after sunrise. There are a few challenges with Avocet photography. Finding them, getting close to them and getting an isolated shot. They are always in a group while flying, feeding or just walking around. Getting a photo of a single Avocet can be golden, so to speak.
Taken with Canon 7D and Canon 500mm F4 IS II lens with 1.4x III teleconverter mounted on Skimmer ground pod with Wimberley II gimbal head
1/500 sec @ F9, ISO 400, evaluative metering, 700mm
Blurred BIF Silhouette
There always seems to be flocks of small shorebirds flying around near sunrise. Caught this group doing a fly by while I was walking down the beach. Made for an interesting blurred silhouette shot. Cranked up the ISO to keep the shot from being a total blur.
Taken with Canon 7D and Canon 500mm F4 IS II lens with 1.4x III teleconverter, hand-held
1/40 sec @ F 5.6, ISO 800, evaluative metering, + 1/3 exposure compensation
Great Blue Silhouette
Here is an early morning pre-dawn silhouette of a Great Blue Heron. I typically don’t like shots of birds flying away from me but this one works because of the calm water and the wing almost touching the water. Cropped this one as a pano just because I could. Go figure.
Taken with Canon 7D and Canon 500mm F4 IS II lens with 1.4x III teleconverter, hand-held
1/200 sec @ F5.6, ISO 800, evaluative metering, +1/3 exposure compensation, 700mm
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