This Rambur's Forktail (thanks Bob) image was taken at the venice rookery in early morning. This image is a good example of a few things that can help your close up photography.
1. Always keep your eyes open. I was actually shooting Great Blue Herons nest builiding and collection sticks when I noticed this D-Fly a few feet away on the edge of the pond right in front of me.
2. This image is another reason why the 200-400 is my favorite lens ever. I went from birds in flight to this image just by clicking the focus limit to full range. No extension or extenders needed, I didnt even have move my position.
3. This also is a good example of why you dont always need a macro lens for close ups.
NIKON D300 200-400mm f/4G AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor,1/400, F4 no flash, straight, no extension, no teleconverter.
Manual Exposure mode at -2/3 (dark background small light subject) Cropped 20% or so, curves, selective USM.






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