I spent three days in Port Aransas last week photographing whooping cranes, songbirds, waterfowl and water birds. The first day dawned a beautiful red to gold to yellow morning and then turned to clouds which persisted for most of the trip. Nevertheless, it is hard to fail when photographing in the Port Aransas and Rockport area. Never mind that we bypassed the marinas on foggy mornings (one of my favorites shoots), we still had plenty of subjects. I will have groups in that area again this week and next, so January promises to be lots of fun.
Here are some of my favorite photos from last week. Don’t forget to click on the photos to open them in a larger, sharper format for viewing.
All of these photos were done with the Canon 7D camera and 500 mm IS lens on a Gitzo cf tripod with Wimberley head. For the warbler shots, I added a 1.4X teleconverter and fill flash. I had to boost the ISO settings to compensate for the cloud cover and dark shade, but the Photoshop noise reduction tool helped smooth out the noise that created.
Have a good week.
Larry