Bosque del Apache tree

Bosque Tree

Bosque del Apache NWR, NM
Date: December 11, 2017, 11:52 am
Equipment: Nikon D7000, AF-S DX Nikkor 18-140 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR @34mm, from car window
Exposure: ISO 400, Aperture priority matrix meter, 1/320th @ f/16
Raw, PS CC 2017 on Mac, 93% of full frame (cropped bottom only)

I managed a full day at Bosque del Apache this month before needing to get back to Phoenix. As usual I drove the loops and shot from the car window rather than hang out for the cranes and geese. I find the brown trees there very interesting and I always look for opportunities to photograph them in addition to all the birds.

I picked up this gently used Nikon D7000 and a refurbished 18-140 to cover the point-and-shoot realm; it lets me avoid swapping lenses on my other cameras in the dusty conditions at the refuge.

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