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03-NOV-2008 Click image to return to gallery

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Black Skimmer at San Carlos Bay: Bunche Beach Preserve
Fort Myers, Florida USA

I've been accustomed to shooting with manual settings and wasn't quite prepared
to deal with the sun going behind the clouds which resulted in a serious white balance
issue as you can see. I will switch to "auto" if I experience similar conditions again
which will hopefully offer improved results in minimizing the blues as seen here.
The skimmers were returning from the Gulf to their resting place further inland.

Nikon D80 ,Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR Zoom
1/640s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso160, with flash full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Susan Rovira08-Jul-2010 02:38
What a riot!
Ivan Kruys27-Apr-2009 05:40
Superb!
Dave Hawkins13-Jan-2009 01:39
Interesting shot! V
angelique raptakis22-Dec-2008 18:24
what a sight! i've yet to see these birds in the wild