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Long-billed Dowitcher flock
Long-billed Dowitcher flock shot at my new favorite spot in the Yolo Basin Wildlife Area, Yolo co. CA (when the delta breeze is blowing!). Shot with a shoulder stock mounted Nikon D200, 80-400mmVR at 400, 1/2000th, f8, ISO 400, manual exp mode, spot meter mode, multi sensor AF mode, fill flash HSS -2.0 with not much effect!.This shot was made from a spot where the birds want to fly from one flooded field to another for some reason (food?) and into the wind, which slows them down a bit for me. I wish that the BG was OOF but I am shooting this lens at f8 for better sharpness as it doesn't have a very good reputation for being very sharp wide open. I will be experimenting with this however. PP in CS3, cropped to pano with canvas added.
Dan Brown
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another shot of the flock
Here's another shot of the flock with better wings, IMO. I paid attention to the contrast and saturation here also. Dan