Sunday, December 23, 2012

American Oystercatcher - Fort Myers Beach, Florida

American Oystercatcher, Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Canon 1D mk IV, Sigma 300/2.8.

For about a decade, my family spent the Christmas holidays in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. We were lured here by the warm weather, inexpensive wine, great seafood and the incredible bird photography on the beach. Fort Myers Beach is one of the best places on the continent to shoot shorebirds and waders. I'd lug my big lens and tripod up and down the beach every day at dawn and dusk to shoot birds along the beach or in the tidal lagoons. Many of my best bird photos were shot here.

It has been about 5 years since I've been to Fort Myers Beach, so when I arrived here this afternoon it was complete nostalgic bliss. I took a scouting walk down the beach tonight carrying only a 300 mm lens, with no expectation to actually shoot anything. To my great amazement, I found the most cooperative American Oystercatchers I've ever seen on the beach. I ended up shooting hundreds of photos of them at point plank range with a 300 mm lens (typically I use a 500mm-800mm lens).

I'm looking forward to much more shooting along the beach and capturing a ton of photo ideas that are brewing in my brain.

8 comments:

  1. Can't wait to see all of your shots. This one is beautiful. You should have good weather down there.

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  5. My family and I spend our holidays in Florida every year. We usually book some vacation beach rentals for the holidays and have a great time with each other. This year we are going to stay in South Beach. We are very very excited.

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  8. Always a treat!!
    Great shooting Ethan.
    Chris and I spent Dec 2012 in Naples. Also five months touring the state parks of Florida (the reel Florida).

    Miss you at the Bruce.

    Cheers Shell MacLEAN

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