photoartflightBirds Settling Down At Sunset @ Ding Darling NWR
A couple of colorful sunset images of birds settling down for the evening. I am going through my array of Back-Up Drives making room for newer images and discarding ones I do not need. But along the way I am finding interesting images to post here. Also I am just selecting the best images when I was shooting a series of the bird flying in, etc. then deleting the extra files. The images here were taken many years ago. We were on our way out on the Ding Darling NWR Wildlife Drive as we passed these groups. The Featured Image of the Great Egret landing was taken with a 400mm DO Lens on a Canon 7D @ 6:48. The Group of Wood Storks was taken from the same spot but more to the right 3 minutes later @ 6:51 because I was waiting for a better grouping as they were moving. The distance to both groups were 236 feet according to the Adobe Camera Raw data. Then we had to get going to leave because they were closing and wanted everyone out.
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Beautiful golden light!
Thanks Eliza! It was a very colorful sunset lighting up the image!
I like the golden light in these shots… realy awesome !
Thanks so much! It was a very warm colorful sunset that really colored the water!
Great light, Reed. A lovely shot.
Thanks Steve! It is a fun NWR to photograph! Especially when it is not crowded!
Wonderful back-lighting of the wings in the first! Love all the golden color.
Thanks so much Denise! It was a Great End to a fun day of photographing there!