Re-mapped RAW conversion to avoid wash out the whites - Double-crested Cormorant, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. 1/3205, f/7.1, ISO 800, 400mm
Double-crested Cormorant, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. 1/3205, f/7.1, ISO 800, 400mm
Snowy Egret in sharp focus, taken form a kayak: I took the advice everyone so generously gave - and I do have a better result today. This time I was on a one-person 14' kayak instead of the 17' two-person outrigger... the differences were: 1. Picked a much sunnier day (if windy w/ 10-15 knot winds) 2. Left the polarizer at home 3. Got closer through patience (before we obviously approached the subjects way to fast). To get this photo of the Snowy Egret, I was paddling up Chorro creek on an incoming tide, when I saw the Snowy Egret 200' further down. I decided to drift into the shore and stick to the mud bank. I froze and did not look at the subject... pointing the camera at right-angle to the subject, and directly in front of me. In about 20 minutes the Egret passed right in front of me, within 8-10 feet, and I snapped one crisp in focus photo - the audible camera click spooked it. I was using the Canon 20D w/ 100-400mm IS, I shot this at 400mm, 1/1250 (using shutter priority) f/16 ISO-800 RAW
Snowy Egret in sharp focus, taken form a kayak (2nd try at better contract - prior looked overexposed, this one is deliberately underexposed). To get this photo of the Snowy Egret, I was paddling up Chorro creek in the Morro Bay Estuary, on an incoming tide, when I saw the Snowy Egret 200' further down. I decided to drift into the shore and stick to the mud bank. I froze and did not look at the subject... pointing the camera at right-angle to the subject, and directly in front of me. In about 20 minutes the Egret passed right in front of me, within 8-10 feet, and I snapped one crisp in focus photo - the audible camera click spooked it. I was using the Canon 20D w/ 100-400mm IS, I shot this at 400mm, 1/1250 (using shutter priority) f/16 ISO-800 RAW
This Snowy Egret was shot at 1/4000 th second, f 7.1, ISO 800 at 400mm with the Canon 20D - in an experiment with shutter speeds from 1/800 to 1/8000 this was the sharpest. Photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com photomorrobay.com
Snowy Egret, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. Taken at 1/1250, f/13.0, ISO 800, 400mm
Red-necked Phalarope Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. Taken at 1/1250, f/8.0, ISO 800, 400mm
Snowy Egret, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. 1/2000, f/8.0, ISO 800, 400mm
Snowy Egret, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. 1/1600, f/11.0, ISO 800, 400mm
Snowy Egret, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. 1/1600, f/10.0, ISO 800, 400mm
Yellowlegs, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. Taken at 1/1600, f/8.0, ISO 800, 400mm
Yellowlegs, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. Taken at 1/2000, f/5.6, ISO 400, 400mm
Double-crested Cormorant, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. Taken at 1/2500, f/8.0, ISO 1600, 400mm
Double-crested Cormorant, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com. Taken at 1/3205 f/7.1 ISO 1600, 400mm
Harbor Seals, Morro Bay, CA, photo by Mike Baird, bairdphotos.com, photomorrobay.com - taken at 1/2000, f.8.0 ISO 800, 400mm
