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Flying Lessons: Tips for great airborne avian images.

By Richard Ettlinger Posted August 4, 2008

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Black skimmers, Lido Beach, NY: Nesting by the thousands each summer at Nickerson Beach Park on Long Island, these sea birds settle territorial disputes with razor-sharp beaks. Photographed by Richard Ettlinger using a Canon EOS-1D Mark II and 300mm f/2.8L EF-IS lens with 1.4X EF extender; aperture-priority exposure, 1/1600 sec at f/9, ISO 250.

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