Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Hi Richard,

Beautiful images! Just to say that I hope you photograph some pelicans, as I love these birds and I would especially love to see how you photograph them.

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Originally Posted by rpcrowe

I am certainly not an experienced nature photographer. I really don't have the patience for that venue... I keep telling myself that I need to go over to the ocean and shoot some pelicans for practice but, never get around to doing it...

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Actually, although there were a lot of photographers present, there was plenty of room to shoot. Boy it was cold but, I'd love a lens like this...
http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Wildlife/...ographer-L.jpg

I nailed the focus on the rear crane but, missed the focus, by just a tad, on the head of the front crane; even though I was shooting at f/8...
http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Wildlife/...IMG_9832-L.jpg

Snow geese silhouettes...
http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Wildlife/...20flight-L.jpg

http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Wildlife/...%20flock-L.jpg

http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/Wildlife/...ng%20off-L.jpg

I used a Canon 40D (this was several years ago - I now mainly shoot with a pair of Canon 7D cameras) and a 300mm f/4L IS lens... I shot at ISO 640 before full light and reduced that to ISO 400 as the light increased. I mounted my camera/lens on a Giottos tripod and used the Manfrotto 393 Gimbal Mount. I had on so many layers of clothing that it was difficult to move...

perfect images :)

They are all so nice:)

Thanks for the nice comments. It was wonderful finding these images after all these years. I wish that I had been able to shoot for the several days I had planned at the Bosque del Apache....