Friday 18 December 2009

Today at the Beach

I ended up today on Marazion beach opposite the marsh. Well it wasn't exactly beach weather with cold temperatures and a freezing northly wind mean't it was going to be cold out there, and I was not  disappointed it was freezing!  There were some birds however that  appeared to be enjoying it or maybe they were so hungry they had to endure it also to feed.  Lot of birds were feeding and foraging on the seaweed on the beach. The low position of the winter sun made photography awkward, but I persevered and here are the results below, not my best photos but conditions were pants!!! I am not sure on a couple so I have left them blank, please ID them if you want.  Even with a guide I still can't get some of them.
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                         Black Redstart:  Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (420mm), Aperture Priority, F4, 1/400 sec, ISO 400, +0.7 stop

Sanderling: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (420mm), Aperture Priority, F4, 1/1250 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop




Wagtail: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (420mm), Aperture Priority, F4, 1/800 sec, ISO 400, +0.7 stop
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sanderling: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (420mm), Aperture Priority, F4, 1/500 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop


Sanderling and Turnstone: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (420mm), Aperture Priority, F4, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop


                                                                                                       Dunlin and Sanderling: Exif: Canon 1D MK111, 300mm lens with 1.4x teleconverter (420mm), Aperture Priority, F4, 1/250 sec, ISO 400, +/-0 stop

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great shots Bob

JRandSue said...

Yet another excellent group of Images.
Fantastic Bob.

holdingmoments said...

These are excellent Bob. You certainly got the best out of the conditions.
Can't help much with the ID's though.
A guess at the first; female Redstart?

Ashley Hugo said...

Great pics bob, the top one looks like a black redstart and the bottom one a dunlin.
I could be wrong though.
nice shots
Ash

Oscar said...

the top one is a black redstart and the bottom is a dunlin: nice shots

Bobbster said...

Hi thanks for all the comments and to Ash and Oscar for identifying some of the birds.