A friend and I took a boat out to photograph frigatebirds. Along the way, we stopped for a quick swim near a sandbar and decided to photograph a few marbled godwits. A few turned into about 50 of them which were literally surrounding us, and we couldn't tear ourselves away we were so mesmerized.
Canon 1D4, Canon 500L & 2.0 TC @ 1000mm
F10, 1/2000sec, ISO 640, manual mode
Feisol tripod, Jobu head
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