I took my Mamyia 7 out for a early morning walk yesterday and thought I would post this for a change of pace from all the recent Palouse photos.

There are numerous sea birds to watch and photograph here on the coast of California. Normally a zoom with auto focus and the servo mode would be the best choice. However, considering the theme of this blog, a 5D Mark II and 200MM wouldn’t be appropriate. So one has to be patient, zone focus, and be quick when using a 35MM manual lens to get birds in flight. Occasionally it works out like this morning at Shell Beach.