This image was created near Homer, AK at 8:36 pm with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/800 sec. at f/5.6. Actually there were several problems: we were freezing as a pleasant day had turned cold and once the sun slipped into the small opening just above the horizon we had to face right into a stiff west wind.
With the west wind, the birds were diving for fish and then flying directly away from us. When this bird banked and turned left I was ecstatic that I was able to make three frames that did not have the bird flying directly away and without clipping the bird at all. Not easy to do when your hands feel like blocks of ice....
Don't be shy. All comments welcome. (Do see the converted original image in Pane 2.)
To learn more about our exciting next to last day in Homer check out yesterday's blog post: Insanity, Exhilaration, Exhaustion, & Home.







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