Woodbridge Island birds after the rain

Southern Masked Weaver Table Bay Nature Reserve

After Monday's rainy conditions Tuesday morning provided me with quite the opposite conditions around the Diep River, Woodbridge Island. Apart from a blanket of winter clouds covering Table Mountain the overhead and light conditions were fair
to good for bird photography - what I would call ISO 400 - 640 light. 

I took a walk into the Table Bay Nature Reserve looking for the Cape spurfowls. I spotted a few, but they were too far and flew off immediately on my arrival. Interestingly, I did see the resident black-crowned night heron, but again, he flew off and quickly disappeared in the bush on the reserve's small island.

Birds of the morning:

• South Masked Weaver
• Fast flying rock pigeon
• Yawning king gull

Cape Town Location
Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island, Milnerton

Canon Camera / Lens Settings

• Canon EOS 7D Mark II Body
• EF 400mm f/5.6L USM Lens
• Manual Mode: Auto-ISO: 400 - 640
• Aperture: f/5.6 - f/6.3
• Shutter Speed: 1/1000 - 1/2000
• AI Servo: Case 1: Wide Zone
• 10 fps High Speed Continuous Mode
• Handheld

Post-Processing
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC 9.4: Cropping. Colour correction / noise reduction / lens profile correction.

Rock Pigeon in Flight Table Bay Nature Reserve Woodbridge Island

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