Every spring and fall hundreds of thousands of sandpipers make there way along Long Island's Atlantic shores (South Shore) during there annual migration. Many will winter on Long Island while others will go further south. With category 2 Hurricane Teddy off the coast the waves at Nickerson Beach were huge at 6 to 12 feet and as the tied came in if flooded most of the 100 yards of beautiful sandy beach. Fortunately he nesting area is higher than the rest of the beach so the black skimmer nests did not flood while I was there. The chicks are getting bigger yet are still way too small to fly. I found my self on an Island at the end of my shoot and had to wade back to shore which was easy as the water was only a few inches deep. It has been a rough hurricane season here on Long Island yet not a devastating one. I feel for those on the Gulf Coast as they are having a tough time.
Blessed with a beautiful sunrise. One thing I am really liking about the X-T3 is the shadow recovery. I saw very little (if any) noise when I recovered the shadows on the first image. It's definitely much better than when I shot with the Canon EOS M6.
Sadly last of the dragons. We've hit 39F already and this coming weekend we'll be below freezing. Living on a small lake affords lots of dragons....so until next summer
