Pintado petrel - a photo on Flickriver

Pintado petrel

            Pelagic trips pose some special problems for bird photographers. Space is limited on the boat; the boat is constantly bouncing up and down or rocking from side to side; salt water spray coats camera bodies and optics; some passengers are likely to get sea sick and you often have to dodge the product sea sickness. Some fellows never learn to hurl discretely over the side… 

The "keeper rate" is very low and by shooting a lot of shots you can compensate and be sure of a handful of show-offs. Sometimes even saturation shooting does not produce, like with this Pintado petrel... the only unblurred, in-focus shot had a wing tip out of the frame. I will have to salvage it with some Photoshop magic.

Taken on: July 18, 2009

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South African bird

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Sets appears in: • Pelagic birds

Camera: Canon EOS 40D, f/5.6, 1/3200 sec, 400mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 40D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	1/3200 sec
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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