Black Skimmer with marshy BG - Peacock's Pocket Loop, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida

I made my way onto the loop from the Gator Creek side,
drove a quarter mile in, and then parked with the sun behind me looking over the marsh.
I set up the 6 on a Gimbal head, and then sat and waited.
And waited,
but sure enough, if you're in the right spot, and you wait long enough, nature will come to you!

For this capture I spotted the skimmer in the distance, and then ticked off captures as I tracked it in.
Not always do they do a close fly-by, but if you wait until you're sure, it's often too late. :{(

Note: For this capture I set the ISO to 400, opened up the aperture until I had a shutter speed more than 1000,
and then stopped at that F-stop to give me the most DOF I could get at a speed better than 1000.

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Make:	Canon
Model:	Canon EOS 7D
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture:	f/6.3
ISO Speed:	400
Focal Length:	600 mm
Lens:	EF600mm f/4L IS USM