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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

When I left my home yesterday morning there was light fog and I wondered what I would find at Nickerson Beach. After I made the turn south to head toward the Long Island Beaches the fog started to thicken yet I could still see well as visibility was about a mile. When I went over the bridge to Long Beach Island visibility dropped and to about 1/4 mile. Walking on the trail to Nickerson Beach from the parking lot I found myself in a magical world with visibility of only about 50 yards. When I cleared the dunes and was on the sandy beach I could hear oystercatchers from every direction yet only saw the ones flying directly in front of me. As I turned my head they filled the air. By the sound I could tell there were a lot yet I could not see how many as a huge flock as they passed me for about 5 minutes. The first image will give you an idea how dense the flock was and there had to be thousands yet I could only see a few dozen at a time.

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091118DSC_1953_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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091118DSC_1945_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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091118DSC_1988_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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091118DSC_2019_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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091118DSC_2050_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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091118DSC_2133_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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091118DSC_2140_DxO-1 by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

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091118DSC_2147_DxO by Morris Bennett Altman, on Flickr

Comments and suggestions welcome,

Morris

Sep 12, 2018 at 10:02 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Morris, I just voted for you as a Feathered Thread because your shots are unique and sharp.

Sep 12, 2018 at 10:06 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Pretty cool shots Morris.

Sep 12, 2018 at 10:21 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Nice mood shots. Good job with focus in these conditions.

Sep 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

nice captures, morris. lovely rendition of the local weather.

Sep 12, 2018 at 11:01 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

A neat set Morris. Surprised your camera could focus in that pea soup.

Sep 12, 2018 at 06:00 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Neat shots Morris. The first would make cool wallpaper - for a wall ~ Ron

Sep 12, 2018 at 07:19 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Morris, nice shots, your AF seem to be working well

Chris S.

Sep 12, 2018 at 07:45 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Dragonfire wrote:
Morris, I just voted for you as a Feathered Thread because your shots are unique and sharp.

Thank you Frank,
I love shooting in fog.

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louie champan wrote:
Pretty cool shots Morris.

Thank you Louie

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1bwana1 wrote:
Nice mood shots. Good job with focus in these conditions.

Thank you 1B,
All I did was point and let the camera do it's job at focusing

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kdacharya wrote:
nice captures, morris. lovely rendition of the local weather.

Thank you KD

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KCollett wrote:
A neat set Morris. Surprised your camera could focus in that pea soup.

Thank you Ken,
Not only did it focus, it did it fast and tracked as well. I have to thank Nikon and Sigma for a job well done

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surfnron wrote:
Neat shots Morris. The first would make cool wallpaper - for a wall ~ Ron

Thank you Ron,
Just try and line up the edges of the design. Probably a better wall cover.

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csinseattle wrote:
Morris, nice shots, your AF seem to be working well

Chris S.

Thank you Chris,

Yes the D500 + Sigma 150-600 had no problem operating in these conditions

Morris

Sep 13, 2018 at 06:49 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Mysterious ... very nicely done, Morris

-Tam

Sep 13, 2018 at 11:09 PM

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canon.eos30d wrote:
Mysterious ... very nicely done, Morris

-Tam

Thank you Tam

Morris

Sep 15, 2018 at 08:33 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Cool set Morris and congrats on capturing so many in one frame in #1. The most I've seen in one frame ever !!!

Sep 15, 2018 at 08:37 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Nice, moody shots, Morris. Nice job!
Socrate

Sep 15, 2018 at 05:12 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Ok how did you get focus manually or auto

great shot for such bad conditions

Bill

Sep 15, 2018 at 09:15 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · American Oystercatchers in Fog

Herb Houghton wrote:
Cool set Morris and congrats on capturing so many in one frame in #1. The most I've seen in one frame ever !!!

Thank you Herb,
There were hundreds of them, possibly thousands. I could not see well enough to make an educated guess

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Shasoc wrote:
Nice, moody shots, Morris. Nice job!
Socrate

Thank you Socrate

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pinball wrote:
Ok how did you get focus manually or auto

great shot for such bad conditions

Bill

Thank you Bill,
All autofocus and the combination of Nikon D500 and Sigma 150-600 Sport acted as if it was a clear day. Simply amazing!

Morris

Sep 16, 2018 at 09:28 AM


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