{"id":1903,"date":"2011-02-19T06:49:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T11:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sipotd.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/19\/2192011-rosy-spoons-helping-4\/"},"modified":"2011-02-19T06:49:58","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T11:49:58","slug":"2192011-rosy-spoons-helping-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1903","title":{"rendered":"2\/19\/2011: Rosy Spoons, helping 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is all about the spoons today, in this forth helping of Roseate Spoonbills from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge\u2026that bill! This is one of those cases where only a picture will do it justice\u2026words fail. These shots from late afternoon with the light behind the birds show some of the subtitle texture on the leather-like upper bill, and the elongated nostrils, both of which I had missed until now (the plumage is so spectacular that it is easy to over look finer details\u2026or at least it is for me).<\/p>\n

Different angles, but still all about the spoons.<\/p>\n

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Canon SD4000IS behind the 15-56x Vario eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL for equivalent fields of view of 1) 4000mm @ 1\/500th @ ISO 125, f11 effective, and 2-3) 2000mm @ 1\/640 @ ISO 125, f5.5 effective. Programmed auto. Though this is a case where Exposure Compensation for backlight might have been effective, I am learning that the Canon SD4000IS\u2019s digital sensor has more dynamic range that I am used to, and generally, especially when the bird fills a significant amount of the frame, does better on straight Auto exposure than I can do by fiddling with EV. This is good. One less thing to worry about.<\/p>\n

Processed in Lighroom for clarity and sharpness. <\/p>\n

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