{"id":18203,"date":"2014-02-01T06:39:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T10:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=18203"},"modified":"2014-08-18T04:11:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T08:11:07","slug":"can-the-wrong-head-head-angle-be-the-right-prey-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/02\/01\/can-the-wrong-head-head-angle-be-the-right-prey-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Wrong Head Head Angle Be the Right Prey Angle?"},"content":{"rendered":"

And the Streak Continues<\/h3>\n

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Thanks and enjoy today’s blog post! This one took about 2 hours to assemble. I am feeling pretty close to normal today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This Great Egret with a very strange prey item was photographed on the Little Estero Lagoon IPT with the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod<\/a>, Mongoose M3.6 head<\/a>, the Canon EF 600mm f\/4L IS II USM lens<\/a>, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter)<\/a>, and the Canon EOS-1D X Digital SLR camera<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering -1\/3 stop: 1\/2500 sec. at f\/6.3 in Manual mode. <\/p>\n

61-point\/AI Servo\/Rear Focus as framed active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n