This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that look like ...

Two veteran National Geographic photographers give their tips ... I shot all the images of our friendly flamingo (below) at 1/8th of a second at f/5.6. In the first set, you can see how rapidly ...