Black-tailed Godwit

© Jeroen Stel

Black-tailed Godwit

Uploaded: April 10, 2011

Description

Been out tonight to photograph some Black-tailed Godwits. These are one of my favorite birds and whenever they arrive in The Netherlands I get the feeling Spring has truly started..

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Canon Eos 1D Mark III
Shutter speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: F 4.5
Exposure mode: AV
Exposure compensation: + 1/3
Flash:no
Flash exposure compensation: -
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: AI Focus
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon 600mm F4
Focal length:780 mm
AF mode: Auto Focus
Handheld
Levels/Curves/USM/Contrast/Saturation/Noise Ninja/Home stewed Sharpening-mix/ Adobe Photoshop CS5

Comments

Kathy Cline April 10, 2011

Such an amazing shot jeroen. I can tell you were down low in the grass. Just beautiful, #1368396

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