Theme - Cory's shearwater about to land

[Richard Stern]

I was on a half-day pelagic trip out of Sambro, into the N.Atlantic, off Nova Scotia recently. We saw several rarely seen birds, some of which I hope to post, and this was 1 of 19 Cory's shearwaters - a bird I have only ever had a fleeting glimpse (and no photos) of before.

Nikon D7000, 300 f/4 AF-S, 1.7TC, hand-held (boat wasn't rocking too much), 1/4000, f6.7, ISO auto (camera chose 1600). Given that it was a bright day, I should have backed off on the ISO, and perhaps used a slower shutter speed and still got a sharp picture.

Moderate crop, USM and Noise Ninja.

Thanks for looking -- Richard

[arash_hazeghi]

nice dynamic pose, the light was not ideal and image is very noisy.

[Linda Dulak]

Nice pose of a rarely photographed bird. I agree that the ISO was too high and thus the noise problem. I rarely go above 800 on my D7000.

Linda

[tiziano cei]

i've seen this bird on a pelagic trip in tuscany two weeks ago! well done


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