"Follow Me" - a photo on Flickriver

"Follow Me"

            I made a trip to the beach to shoot a massive roost for seagulls that flocked onto the beach every day. I had my problems with the flock because every time I tried to approach them, the birds started flying off [where is the $5,000 telephoto lens when you need it???]. :)

My only choice was to move back, and then plan to crop later on the computer.  I used a very fast shutter speed [1/2000] and low ISO [100] to try to get a sharp image I could work with, and had to open up the f-stop to 1.8 to get sufficient lighting.  I was originally planning to shoot at ground level, and only brought a plastic bag to rest my camera on the ground... no tripod.  So now that I had to change my plans. I had to secure the camera firmly on my leg to keep the camera steady.
  
This picture stood out from the others as being the best.  But I did come away with a renewed appreciation of bird photographers... and a lesson about being more prepared when a photo shoot doesn't go as planned!

Taken in: United States / Florida / Tampa (show map)

Taken on: October 1, 2014

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/1.8, 1/2000 sec, 35mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	18-35mm
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.3 (Windows)
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