{"id":8137,"date":"2025-09-20T15:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=8137"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T19:14:00","slug":"papermill-pond-sandpiper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/papermill-pond-sandpiper\/","title":{"rendered":"Papermill Pond Sandpiper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I used my tripod splayed out with my camera about two feet above the ground with the display screen deployed so I could look down and see the framing of the image (no more lying on my belly haha).  I can&#8217;t really see what&#8217;s going on, I&#8217;m just relying on the autofocus bird detection to work (it was hard confirming if\/when the sandpiper&#8217;s eye had a &#8216;yellow box&#8217; around it).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t until later when I viewed  the images on the computer did I realize that mr. sandpiper had found a grub!  But alas, they were all crap because of some vegetation &#8211; see my &#8216;missed shots&#8217; video below :-(<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"112 missed shots\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1120461602?h=003c1afdb8&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">112 missed shots due to vegetation grrrr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the bright side, I did manage to get some clear shots :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2252.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1200\" data-lbwps-height=\"800\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2252-600x400.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; 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&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;1120mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/10&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/500s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1000&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"8133\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2268.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2268.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2268-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2268-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2276.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1200\" data-lbwps-height=\"800\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2276-600x400.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;1120mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/10&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/500s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO900&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"8134\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2276.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2276.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2276-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2276-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2304.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1200\" data-lbwps-height=\"799\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2304-600x400.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;1120mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/10&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/500s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO640&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" data-id=\"8135\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2304.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2304.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2304-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2304-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2305.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1200\" data-lbwps-height=\"799\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250921_Z8MAS__DSC2305-600x400.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; 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