Long Billed Thrasher

Long Billed Thrashers showed up at every watering hole at Laguna Seca ranch.  They can only be found in South Texas and in eastern Mexico.  Lack of sun forced me to break out the flash/better beamer for some fill flash.

Taken with Canon 1DX and Canon 500mm F4 IS II mounted on tripod with Wimberley II gimbal head

1/1000 sec @ F9, ISO 1600, evaluative metering, +1/3 exposure compensation,

1/1600 sec @ F9, ISO 1600, evaluative metering, +1/3 exposure compensation, fill flash @ -3 stops with better beamer

1/800 sec @ F9, ISO 1600, evaluative metering, +1/3 exposure compensation, fill flash @ -3 stops with better beamer

May 31, 2015 | Categories: Birds | Tags: Canon 1DX, Canon 500mm F4 IS II, Lagune Seca, Long Billed Thrasher, Wimberley II | 8 Comments