2/17/2011: Rosy spoons 2
On February 17, 2011 by lightshedder With 4 Comments
- animals, birds, digiscoped, Florida, Merritt Island NWR, Pic of the Day, wildlife
I promised you an unrelenting diet of Roseate Spoonbills for a few days here and this gentleman, resting in a mangrove, is the second helping. Roseates must lose a lot of heat through that bill, since when resting they always tuck it well into the back feathers. The only trick to a shot like this is catching the eye open.
Here is the same bird, from the same spot with less zoom.
Canon SD4000IS behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL for the equivalent field of view of 3000mm and 1000mm, 3000mm @ 1/500th @ ISO 160, f8.5 effective (scope limited), and 1000mm @ 1/640 @ ISO 250, f4.5 effective (camera limited).
Processed for clarity and sharpness in Lightroom.
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Awesome pic, love how the “dinosaur head” is showcased in the first one!
Wow !!!! Great shot !!! Nice picture !! Where did you take it ?
All the rosys this week have been at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Black Point Drive 🙂