{"id":1887,"date":"2011-02-04T06:26:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T11:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/04\/242011-anhinga-round-two-merritt-is-nwr\/"},"modified":"2011-02-04T06:26:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T11:26:07","slug":"242011-anhinga-round-two-merritt-is-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1887","title":{"rendered":"2\/4\/2011: Anhinga, round two, Merritt Is NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The little pond by the restrooms at the head of the Cruikshank trail off Black Point Drive at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is always worth a good long look. I almost always find something to photograph there\u2026over the years: lizards, alligators, Green Heron, Snowy Egret, or, in this case, an elegant Anhinga in the final stages of his sun bath. There are very few birds that have the feather texture of the Anhinga, and these shots show it off to good advantage. <\/p>\n

This bird was so close that to get anything like a full body shot, I had to zoom all the way out so the bird just filled a round circle in the middle of a black lcd screen\u2026and then crop. And then I could not fit the full tail in.<\/p>\n

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And these are full frame views, showing off the stuff the neck gets up to and the feathering on the head\u2026<\/p>\n

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All with the Canon SD4000IS behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece of the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL. Working at the 600 to 1200mm field of view range. Processed very lightly in Lightroom for clarity and sharpness. <\/p>\n

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