bird photography : long-billed curlew
$caption = "With one of the longest bills of any bird, the Long-billed Curlew makes for quite an interesting sight. John photographed this one among a large group of mixed shorebirds at Moss Landing State Beach on the nothern end of Monterey Bay.";
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$photoSettings["location"] = "Moss Landing State Beach / Moss Landing, CA";
$photoSettings["lens"] = "Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter";
$photoSettings["notes"] = "The light wasn't all that cooperative on the evening I visited Moss Landing for this photo, and the approaching dusk compounded things, but overall, post-processing did wonders to make this one a keeper. Making the most of less-than-perfect conditions is often worth it.";
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