I have been going to the Wildlife Refugee’s in the Central
Valley for several years now. The accumulation
of birds is impressive, but let’s not forget the beautiful sunsets one can experience
if willing to wait it out.
Birds, mainly cranes, fly in at dusk and make a beautiful foreground
for twilight images. I had to go thru a
learning curve on how to best shoot these without catching too much blurriness.
Here are two examples of my early attempts to catch the sunset/twilight:
Sandhill Cranes in the ponds during twilight
I got better over time, learning that manual setting on the camera is not always the best way to go. I designated two of my cameras for bird photography setting them to aperture priority and burst mode, changing the f-stop and ISO as appropriate.
Two from 2014:
More from 2015, 2016 & 2017:
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