Snowy Egret and Harbor Seals

LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
edited August 13, 2007 in Wildlife
I am much more of a landscape shooter than a wildlife shooter, but when I am stalking those vistas the wildlife seems to find me. I have learned to make sure my trusty 70-300 is in the bag just in case the occasion arises.

Saturday moning I was out shooting the dawn when a Snowy Egret showed up and started hunting the shoreline. He was at most 20 feet from me and seemed completely unconcerned at my presence.

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Is this the Reznick flip?

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The 5D isn't the fastest gun in the west so catching movements has to be done by timing rather than machine gunning. Clearly if I want to do more of this, I'll need a lens faster than f/5.6 to get decent shutter speeds (this was shot at 1/125s).

Last week I saw a few harbor seals just out side the gate (golden that is):

Mama
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Pups
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Then last night as I was out shooting at Point Reyes I saw a pod of humpacked whales. I took a few shots that I haven't processed yet. 300mm on a full frame sensor wasn't really long enough to get good shots of them, but they are clearly recognizable on a 100% crop. I'll post one or two here when I get them uploaded.
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