Which of today’s two featured images do you prefer? All are invited to leave a comment and let us know why they made their choice. <\/p>\n
The Google-maps supposed drive of “three hours 44 minutes” took five hours 44 minutes with a few pit stops, several construction delays, one grocery shopping stop, and two big accidents. We headed out to the beach a bit to early at about 4:30pm and encountered a bright early afternoon sun with the wind blowing directly at it from the southeast. It was time to employ the wind against strategies covered in recent blog posts. So we did. A big dark cloud late in the day provided our best opportunities. <\/p>\n
Today is Saturday 16 July. The forecast looks perfect for both morning and afternoon with big thunderstorms scheduled for midday. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, I hope that you too have a great day. This blog post took about an hour to prepare and makes one hundred eighteen days in a row with a new one. <\/p>\n
Saturday morning was excellent. The wind, however, was not as advertised. It blew gently from the north by a bit west. Fortunately it clouded over by 7:30am. I created another 2800 images, mostly flight. I taught David and John the basics of positing yourself near a group of terns with the wind behind you so that the incoming adults with fish are flying right at you as they come in to look for their large chicks. I call this “sitting on a flock of terns.” It works on any beach anywhere. The one problem that we had to deal with was having too many birds in flight in the frame at the same time!<\/p>\n
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\n| \n | This image was created on 15 July 2022 at Huguenot Memorial Park, just northeast of Jacksonville, FL. I used the Robus RCM-439 4-Section Carbon Fiber Monopod, 65<\/a>\/Wimberley MonoGimbal Head<\/a>-supported Sony FE 400mm f\/2.8 GM OSS lens<\/a> Tracking: Zone\/AF-C with Bird Face\/Eye detection enabled performed perfectly. Be sure to click on the image to enjoy a high-res version. <\/p>\n |