{"id":1962,"date":"2011-03-14T05:50:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T10:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/03\/14\/3142011-looking-at-you-godwits\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T09:26:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:26:50","slug":"3142011-looking-at-you-godwits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"3\/14\/2011: Looking at You, Godwits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/San-Diego-2011\/16043432_fDpX4#1208157640_ZHajT-A-LB\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin: 10px auto; display: block; float: none\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/San-Diego-2011\/IMG2019\/1208157640_ZHajT-L-2.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not quite as sharp as I would have liked but the light was miserable, and I was working at the limits of magnification range of the camera\/spotting scope combination. At the best of times the image would have been a challenge from a depth of field stand-point, and the shutter speed was too slow as well. <\/p>\n<p>What makes the image a keeper for me are the feather patterns, the overall overlapping form of the three clustered birds, and the eyes (dare I say <em>the expressions<\/em> on the birds). <\/p>\n<p>Canon SD4000IS behind the 15-56x Vario Eyepiece on the ZEISS DiaScope 65FL for the equivalent field of view of something like a 4000mm lens on a full frame DSLR, 1\/80th second at ISO 400 (bad, bad, light!).<\/p>\n<p>Processed in Lightroom for clarity and sharpness, contrast, exposure, etc. trying to get it as sharp as possible. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1962\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1962&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1962\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1962&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=1962&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not quite as sharp as I would have liked but the light was miserable, and I was working at the limits of magnification range of the camera\/spotting scope combination. 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