
- SONY ILCE-1
- FE 400mm F2.8 GM OSS + 2X Teleconverter
- ƒ/7.1
- 800mm
- 1/2500s
- ISO 640
- Arthur Morris
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- Thu, 05 October 2023 8:53 AM
- Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART
- Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 15.5.1 (Macintosh)
American Flamingo bred in Florida as late as the 1890s but were extirpated soon after that as they were hunted for food and feathers. The are an American Birding Association Code 4 rarity. At the end of August, several dozen were carried to the US by winds from Hurricane Idalia. Most occurred in Florida but some made it farther north to the Carolinas, Kentucky, and even Wisconsin.
Four have been hanging out at Fort DeSoto Park in Pinellas County.
Created on Thursday 5 October 2023 at Fort DeSoto. Seated on wet mud, I used the Robus RC-5558 Vantage Series 3 Carbon Fiber Tripod/Levered-Clamp FlexShooter Pro-mounted Sony FE 400mm f/2.8 GM OSS lens with the Sony FE 2.0x Teleconverter, and The One, the Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless Digital Camera). The exposure was determined via Zebra technology with ISO on the thumb dial. ISO 640: 1/2500 sec. at f/7.1 (stopped down 2/3 stop). When evaluated in RawDigger, the raw file exposure was determined to be dead-solid perfect. AWB at 8:53:38am on a clear morning. Tracking: Zone AF-C with Bird Face/Eye detection enabled performed perfectly even at 800mm.
A second bird was removed from the left frame-edge.
Don't be shy -- all comments are welcome and appreciated.
with love, artie
ps: see lots more DeSoto stuff on the blog at www.BIRDSASART-Blog.com