My new Gitxo GT3541XLS tripod arrived Monday evening around 5 pm via UPS. I set it up with the new Wimberley II head complete with flash bracket and mounted my 5D2 with the 500mm lens. This tripod handles this camera/lens combination with ease. I only need to extend 3 sections on each leg to bring the tripod to my eye level. Can't imagine ever needing the 4th section unless I am in some very difficult terrain.
I scooted over to the rookery in Venice again this morning to put my new set up through its paces. A bit nicer day than the first trip there last week. There was a small photo excursion group already at the rookery. The leader was a girl named Laurie from Oregon and she had a very nice Nikon set up with a wicked frame rate for continuous shooting. 
I was a little more selective on the pictures I took this morning than the last time. Tried working more on composition instead of just taking lots of pictures. This great blue heron landed about 10 meters away from me. It was foraging for nest material and flying back and forth to its nest for about an hour while we all stood and took pictures. I think the heron knew full well what we were doing.Weather turned ugly this afternoon. Quite stormy on the way back and then what had been out in the Gulf finally blew into Sebring around 6 pm. Lots of wind and rain. Hopefully the awnings stay on the windows. The power has been out for about 40 minutes so far but I've got the inverter running so no lack of power in our Bounder.
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