{"id":20895,"date":"2025-02-15T06:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T11:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=20895"},"modified":"2025-02-15T06:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T11:32:38","slug":"pairs-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=20895","title":{"rendered":"Pairs competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"20894\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=20894\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1157&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1157\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1737725753&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc08672-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?fit=904%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?resize=904%2C523&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-20894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C592&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?resize=768%2C444&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C889&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?resize=904%2C523&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/dsc08672-1.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Skimmer: Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island NWR, Titusville, Florida, USA, January 2025 \u2014 I love watching Black Skimmers skim! And I love trying to catch them with a camera. Love might not be the word actually as there is quite a bit of frustration involved\u2026but I do enjoy the attempt. Sony a6700. Tamron 50-400 at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my birds-in-flight and action modifications. 1\/2000th Processed in Photomator. (Sad to think that this and other National Wildlife Refuges are under threat\u2026I, personally, would not want to see our Wildlife Refuges abandoned or, worse, tuned into commercial theme parks. 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And I love trying to catch them with a camera. Love might not be the word actually as there is quite a bit of frustration involved\u2026but I do enjoy the attempt. Sony a6700. 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