Here’s a sharp-tailed sandpiper, yet another common trucker on the East Asian Australasian Flyway. Swedish birder Daniel Pettersson and I were in one of the many brackish pools just inland from the East China Sea. We were shooting from a mattress. By keeping us low and allowing us to move silently through the water, the mattress was consistently giving us close encounters with great birds. Daniel and I were in Yangkou, Jiangsu, about three hours north of Shanghai.
Device: Nikon D3S
Lens: VR 600mm F/4G
Focal Length: 600 mm
Aperture: F/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/3200
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Exposure Comp.: None
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 640
Metering Mode: Center-Weight
Subject Distance: 9.4 m
Photoshoppery: The usual spot removal, sharpening, noise-reducing, and cropping.







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