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31-JUL-2011 Tom Grey

Sooty Shearwater, taking off

south of Farallon Islands, San Francisco

We saw hundreds of Sooties on this pelagic out of Half Moon Bay; I've found them very hard to photograph, on this and other pelagics, as they don't often come very near to passing boats, and their solid brown plumage isn't the best at capturing the attention of a camera's autofocus.

Canon EOS 1D Mark IV ,Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM
1/1600s f/4.0 at 400.0mm iso800 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time31-Jul-2011 12:00:30
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS-1D Mark IV
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length400 mm
Exposure Time1/1600 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent800
Exposure Bias1.00
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (1)
Focus Distance0.640 m

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