American Coot

"Do I have something on my back?"

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2013-09-01 at 08-23-24 by fullofdirt, on Flickr

"What do mean that's gross, it's no different than you eating raw fish wrapped in seaweed."

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2013-09-01 at 08-27-07 by fullofdirt, on Flickr

Dan
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2n10 wrote in post #16268971
Very good shots

Thanks. I was trying something new on these shots. Usually the dark colored coots against the dark water is a hard exposure for the camera. I have my camera set up to focus with the AE Lock button, and the shutter release button set up for AE Lock when depressed half way. I locked the exposure by pointing the camera to another location away from the water and then recomposed on the coot and focused and snapped the shot. Came out much better.

ed57gmc wrote in post #16270335
Hilarious!

Thanks. These were fun shots.

Dan
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