Went to a small park, Westlake, in Santa Cruz that seems to often get some interesting birds for some odd reason. Maybe just because it's literally in the middle of suburbia - a block of parkland and pond surrounded by houses. Anyway, get some wintering migrants I haven't seen before, although I'm sure they're not rare, plus some more usual visitors. Here's some I've processed. All with D100 and Sigma 80-400mm OS:
400.0mm @ 1/125s; f/5.6; EV: 0.33; Matrix; Aperture priority
Oh and that's uncropped. He was pretty comfortable with my presence after a while.
400.0mm; 1/320s; f/5.6; EV: 0.33; matrix; aperture priority
400.0mm; 1/320; f/5.6; matrix; aperture priority
These last two were taken down the hill at Natural Bridges:
400.0mm; 1/125s; f/14.0; matrix; aperture priority.
And I was in f/14 because I was actually shooting a different shot entirely when I caught this guy out of the corner of my eye doing a circuit.
While these guys are just everywhere down along cliffs here.
400.0mm; 1/800s; f/7.1; EV: -0.33; spot metered; aperture priority.
As always, comments and critiques and suggested improvements are very welcome.
Neil

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400.0mm @ 1/125s; f/5.6; EV: 0.33; Matrix; Aperture priority
Oh and that's uncropped. He was pretty comfortable with my presence after a while.

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400.0mm; 1/320s; f/5.6; EV: 0.33; matrix; aperture priority

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400.0mm; 1/320; f/5.6; matrix; aperture priority
These last two were taken down the hill at Natural Bridges:

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400.0mm; 1/125s; f/14.0; matrix; aperture priority.
And I was in f/14 because I was actually shooting a different shot entirely when I caught this guy out of the corner of my eye doing a circuit.
While these guys are just everywhere down along cliffs here.

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400.0mm; 1/800s; f/7.1; EV: -0.33; spot metered; aperture priority.
As always, comments and critiques and suggested improvements are very welcome.
Neil