Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Near West Alton, Missouri
October 9, 2010
Photograph by Tom Atwood

This was a lucky shot on a misty morning near the Mississippi River. It was taken yesterday from the Two Pecans trail in the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary near West Alton. I was photographing Great Egrets, using a 200 mm lens, when several deer literally wandered into the picture. The fog makes this unretouched image seem  slightly unreal. Shutter: 1/250; Aperture: f/7.1; ISO: 100; Focal length: 200mm.