Birds of the Airport Salt Pond

I’ve been having quite a bit of difficulty getting good photos of birds, so I headed out to the salt pond near the Grand Case airport to get some practice. I’ve been using Nikon’s cheap 70-300mm zoom, and no matter what I try for aperture and shutter speed, I am still not getting very sharp images, particularly at 300mm, particularly if I need to crop afterwards, even using my monopod. To a certain degree, I suppose this is to be expected, although it is quite frustrating, especially when I can generally get nice photos easily when shooting macro. Darn birds!

Great Egret (<em>Ardea alba</em>)
Common Moorhen (<em>Gallinula chloropus</em>)
Muscovy Duck (<em>Cairina moschata</em>)
White Cheeked Pintail (<em>Anas bahamensis</em>)
Muscovy Duck (<em>Cairina moschata</em>)
Cattle Egret (<em>Bubulcus ibis</em>, Breeding Coloration
Gray Kingbird (<em>Tyrannus dominicensis</em>)
Great Egret (<em>Ardea alba</em>)
Cattle Egret (<em>Bubulcus ibis</em>, Breeding Coloration
Brown Pelican (<em>Pelecanus occidentalis</em>)

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    September 22nd, 2010 at 4:01 pm

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