A few from Merritt Island
Jan 31, 2018 15:51:27 #
I rode down to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge today. Here are a few captures. A couple of Herons and a Roseate Spoonbill. These were shot in Shutter Priority, at 1/3000 F 5.6 and the first at ISO 500 the other 2 at ISO 1100. Please check out the download, as the color in the thumbnail is washed out.
Jan 31, 2018 21:05:52 #
Feb 1, 2018 07:43:45 #
Great set Jan. I landed here in Daytona late last week and I'm planning on Merritt Island next Tuesday for some wildlife shooting and hopefully the Falcon Heavy launch. Any suggestions on locations in the park would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-Doc
-Doc
Feb 1, 2018 07:47:01 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Nice images and a great place to visit!
Thanks Swamp-Cork. These were taken on the Black Point Wildlife Drive. It is a little over an hour South of me and well worth the trip.
Feb 1, 2018 08:07:48 #
docshark wrote:
Great set Jan. I landed here in Daytona late last week and I'm planning on Merritt Island next Tuesday for some wildlife shooting and hopefully the Falcon Heavy launch. Any suggestions on locations in the park would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
-Doc
-Doc
Doc, these were taken on the Black Point Wildlife Drive. It is not a walking trail, but there are a few other places where you can park and walk. There is a small fee which helps to maintain the trail which took a beating from Irma, but it is well worth it. It is only one lane but there are several scenic pull-overs which snake through the Drive. They used to close off access when there was a Shuttle on the pad, but I am not sure if they will do that for the Falcon Heavy launch.
Feb 1, 2018 09:45:51 #
SpyderJan wrote:
I rode down to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge today. Here are a few captures. A couple of Herons and a Roseate Spoonbill. These were shot in Shutter Priority, at 1/3000 F 5.6 and the first at ISO 500 the other 2 at ISO 1100. Please check out the download, as the color in the thumbnail is washed out.
When I posted these, I noticed that the thumbnail did not look like the download. It looked washed out. A very helpful fellow hogger told me that the reason was that the image had to be saved in sRGB for the thumbnail to look like the original. I have taken that advice and this image was saved in sRGB format.
Feb 1, 2018 09:48:18 #
itsnoelb
Loc: Edgewater, FL. Originally: FLINT. MI.
I wouldn't expect access past the causeway or the drawbridge launch day. New, Very large rocket test flight so safety is a concern. Would expect LOTS of people.
Feb 1, 2018 09:54:50 #
itsnoelb wrote:
I wouldn't expect access past the causeway or the drawbridge launch day. New, Very large rocket test flight so safety is a concern. Would expect LOTS of people.
You are probably right about that. There are better places to watch the launch in Titusville. No matter where you pick to watch the launch, it is going to be hard to get out of there because of heavy traffic.
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