Sometimes the original plan does not work
Dec 9, 2023 17:01:05 #
One of my favorite places to photograph birds in my area (San Diego County) is Santee Lakes. There are large numbers of year round birds, but during the winter the numbers of birds (both individuals and species) swells considerably. I went down to attempt to photograph Cedar Waxwings; normally in early December they are present in large numbers feeding on Pyracantha berries. Unfortunately this year, not to be; at least so far. Going to plan B I was able to capture some of the resident birds and came away with images that I thought were worth processing. Some of these are cropped with a 16:9 ratio as they will be showing on a TV that I have dedicated to bird images.
All images shot with Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 with 1.4x extender, off tripod. SS varied but between 1/3200-1/5000, ISO 250-500, f/5.6, EC of -1.0-2.0.
All images shot with Canon R5, 600 f/4.0 with 1.4x extender, off tripod. SS varied but between 1/3200-1/5000, ISO 250-500, f/5.6, EC of -1.0-2.0.
Dec 9, 2023 17:22:45 #
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Excellent work! BTW your photos were one of the reasons that I traveled to Costa Rica.
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Dec 10, 2023 06:21:24 #
bajadreamer wrote:
One of my favorite places to photograph birds in m... (show quote)
Fantastic set!!!
Dec 10, 2023 07:24:07 #
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Dec 10, 2023 13:21:31 #
bajadreamer wrote:
One of my favorite places to photograph birds in m... (show quote)
Beautiful shots, bajadreamer. I particularly like the background contrast in the first two.
Bubba
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CCPhotoist wrote:
Very nice set.
Thank you. I had fun taking them.
Dec 10, 2023 17:50:54 #
UTMike wrote:
Excellent work! BTW your photos were one of the reasons that I traveled to Costa Rica.
I take that as a very nice compliment. I hope you enjoyed Costa Rica and brought home some nice images. My wife and I love that country.
Dec 10, 2023 17:51:52 #
kpmac wrote:
You didn't find the Waxwings but you sure got some great shots.
Thanks for looking and commenting. Maybe next month for the Waxwings. There are differences in migration times this year for a number of different species.
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