live within 500 miles of Gibsonton, FL, or if you can get some time off from work, you need to travel to Gibsonton, FL (you would fly into either Tampa or Clearwater/St.Pete) and get out for a few days with James Shadle on the Hooptie Deux asap. (Click on the words James Shadle for more info.)
Yesterday morning James took out a slew of BPN Mods and I personally enjoyed one of the best mornings of bird photography in my 28 years of doing this. Many of the spoonbills were in killer plumage already and even though we had a large group of folks, we were able to get quite close. Most everyone got great flight images but I choked on my very best chance....
This image was created with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the EOS-1DMIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/800 sec. at f/11 set manually.
Don't be shy; all comments welcome.
ps: I will be posting more images from the morning to my blog very soon; will return and post the link.