{"id":2044,"date":"2011-04-29T04:09:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T09:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/2011\/04\/29\/4292011-glorious-feathers-on-friday\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T04:09:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T09:09:49","slug":"4292011-glorious-feathers-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2044","title":{"rendered":"4\/29\/2011: Glorious Feathers on Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/16774632_NPRdNn#1268025784_BdCFhzk-A-LB\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/i-BdCFhzk\/2\/L\/dscn0788-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Great Egret carrying nesting material at St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery, St. Augustine Florida. <\/p>\n<p>At the Alligator Farm there is a hierarchy of possible shots, and the <em>stick shot on the wing<\/em> is the highest (and the hardest). It was this kind of shot that drove my search for a new camera over the past months. This is not DSLR quality, but it is, given what I am willing to carry (and can afford) very satisfying none the less. <\/p>\n<p>Nikon Coolpix P500 at 309mm equivalent field of view, f5.4 @ 1\/1500th @ ISO 160. User defined <em>Flight<\/em> mode (Continuous Focus, follow focus, center metering, rapid capture of 5 frames at 8 fps). <\/p>\n<p>Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and sharpness (some extra recovery for highlights).<\/p>\n<p>And here are two more from the same sequence of shots. The last shot catches the wing folding that happens on the upstroke to spill the air and maintain lift. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/16774632_NPRdNn#1268026053_9DsL69d-A-LB\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/i-9DsL69d\/2\/L\/dscn0790-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/16774632_NPRdNn#1268025905_gbLtg2R-A-LB\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/FLBPF-2011\/i-gbLtg2R\/2\/L\/dscn0789-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/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-2044\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2044&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-2044\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2044&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=2044&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>A Great Egret carrying nesting material at St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery, St. Augustine Florida. 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