I had a chance to go out to Ft. Desoto with some friends yesterday. Activity at Desoto is picking up, and it's really exciting to see the amount of birds we saw yesterday. I made this image laying in sand/water, with my Sigma 500mm on the "Shadle Slider" ;) My gear was more dirty yesterday than ever before...
Shooting Solution
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 500 f/4.5
Manual Exposure, 1/1250 @ f/8, ISO 400
Full frame, manually focused
Nicely done. Can anyone age and ID this bird? Love the soft light and the perspective.
later and love, artie
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Very nice image Blake. Artie, the yellow legs say Least Sandpiper and the lack of spots suggest a first-year bird. That's my guess and I'm sticking with it. :)
The Shadle Slider is something that my Dad has been working on for a while (he made his first prototype about 7 years ago), allowing you to get low and slide your big lens through the mud. ;)
Another great low angle picture Blake, you inspired me to try to get some low angle pictures, so last week i went to Ft. Myers Bch and was able to get some nice pictures laying flat on my belly. I posted one of them last night.