28. November 2009 by David.

I dropped by the Merced Wildlife Refuge today. There weren’t many birds yet and I found this one loner intriguing. The sun was just setting and the brisk winds that were blowing earlier had died down. Soon after this I drove around (it’s one way) and witnessed flocks of geese coming in for the night. It’s the beginning of the time of year that you need to think about going out to the refuge.

I upped the ISO on this shot to 400 which allowed a handheld 1/250 of a second, F9 at 300mm with an unstablized lens. I purposely used a moderate f-stop to keep just enough of the foreground in focus and blur the background adding to the depth of the photograph.

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28. November 2009 by David.

Last trip to Yosemite we stopped along the Merced River, while the fall colors were waning there was still plenty of opportunity to incorporate them into the scene. 1/5sec. f5./6, ISO 250, 24mm.

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