Monday, September 5, 2011

Red-necked Phalarope-a-dope

Took the day off work Friday and headed out to Iona first thing.
An 8 km march with 500mm f4 and tripod up and down the south jetty yielded nothing much but having been at the treatment ponds briefly the day before (after asking for a couple hours off work to look for the Northern Wheatear found late Wednesday afternoon) knew that a couple of phalarope were out and about and decided to shoot these guys as a way to relax after the walk

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At the water treatment ponds it can be difficult to get close due to vegetation along the waters edge, frustrating at times.
I set my tripod down really low and kind of sat on top of some matted down vegetation next to the pathway to get a better angle and this worked much better than shooting down on them.

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The Waiting Area

The Waiting Area