Day: January 25, 2011

This afternoon we visited Paradise Pond which is a secluded pond in the middle of town. It is filled with night herons, turtles and a few great blue herons, starting their mating ritual and building and refurbishing last year’s nests. This heron was selecting a choice stick to use in his nest. He plucked a stick from the water and flew to his nest shortly after I took this shot.

200mm lens
ISO 640
f/16
1/240
SOOC (cropped slightly)

My favorite shorebirds are the adorable, spunky sanderlings who run around the edges of the surf chasing their supper. They always appear to be animated and almost cartoon-like.

I started with the Sunny f/16 rule but changed the shutterspeed to stop some wave action and forgot to return it to 1/200. This photo would have been a bit brighter had I done so.

200 mm lens
ISO 200
f/16
1/500
SOOC