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Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
Blind Pass, Captiva, FL, on 28 Jan 2004 Arriving at the compulsory fifteen minutes before sunrise, I plunked my butt in the wet sand at Blind pass and insinuated myself into a colony of gulls and terns. They squawked at me; I squawked back. About 15 minutes after the sun peeked above the horizon behind me, who should appear but two Black Skimmers. In my ten or twelve prior visits to Blind Pass, skimmers had never been present. These birds are communal and tried hard to stay close to the gulls, but to my pleasure the gulls often backed away, thus leaving the skimmers isolated. Oddly, one skimmer inched toward me. My lack of feathers didn’t seem to bother him, and eventually the character squeezed under my tripod while I was sitting next to it. What an exciting experience. Here’s a close-up of my new skimmer friend. I hope you like him. I do. I gave the viewfinder composition a bit more thought than usual. The short upper bill of the skimmer changed the balance for me. I have images with more negative space ahead of the bill, but this particular framing is the best for my taste. Thanks for looking. Comments, critiques, and reposts are welcome. Canon 1D, 400DO IS, 2x TC II F11, 1/320, ISO 400, Flash off Manual mode, Incident metering @-1/3 Image/Adjustment, Toolbox, USM, Crop zero BreezeBrowser RAW Converter Sandy Mossberg
Boynton Beach, Florida, USA [url=http://www.sandymossberg.com][b]SandyMossberg.com[/b][/url] NSN 0015 |
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