Stuart Philpott
02-09-2016, 04:44 PM
Had to take Shaz to hos,while worrying and being unable to stay with her calmed my self with the camera, I take what little chances I get with grace at the moment.
These were once captive,, sharp eyes will spot the close ring on female,the male is also close rung. I guess dumped on a canal which saddens me on a deep level ( I have some experience with wild and domestic ducks). Harder almost to take is the fact that I am beyond convinced these birds and their companion mallard are shot at,where they have no right to be: I have never seen mallard react to raising an arm(holding camera) like these companions do. Eventually patience and lying in the mud payed off and slowly everyone calmed down. I did have to avoid being mountain bike fodder,but this little group of 3 ducks and this drake gave me a little of their time.
Mandarins are utterly non native here we do have feral free winged populations and they are a joy to see,I just wish that folks whom decide they want to keep an animal would make the real commitment.
Even though i'm really an etl candidate I thought I'd share this as my first post in avian. He was being so loving and she made me laugh out loud by pulling away,he had just come back from getting one of his other ladies from wandering off:2eyes2: so felt this little capture and words might make someone smile.
It's processed in dpp I don't have other yet it's in hand though. A slight crop I mucked up my level so had to rotate slightly,focus point on drakes beak trying to get both in focus while dealing with glorious (cough cough) English light and maintaining as wide an aperture as possible in an effort to keep my shutter speed up.
Canon 1div, 300f/2.8 is, ext 1.4, tv 1/640 iso 2000 f/4
thanks for looking and all the previous kindness shown
Stu
These were once captive,, sharp eyes will spot the close ring on female,the male is also close rung. I guess dumped on a canal which saddens me on a deep level ( I have some experience with wild and domestic ducks). Harder almost to take is the fact that I am beyond convinced these birds and their companion mallard are shot at,where they have no right to be: I have never seen mallard react to raising an arm(holding camera) like these companions do. Eventually patience and lying in the mud payed off and slowly everyone calmed down. I did have to avoid being mountain bike fodder,but this little group of 3 ducks and this drake gave me a little of their time.
Mandarins are utterly non native here we do have feral free winged populations and they are a joy to see,I just wish that folks whom decide they want to keep an animal would make the real commitment.
Even though i'm really an etl candidate I thought I'd share this as my first post in avian. He was being so loving and she made me laugh out loud by pulling away,he had just come back from getting one of his other ladies from wandering off:2eyes2: so felt this little capture and words might make someone smile.
It's processed in dpp I don't have other yet it's in hand though. A slight crop I mucked up my level so had to rotate slightly,focus point on drakes beak trying to get both in focus while dealing with glorious (cough cough) English light and maintaining as wide an aperture as possible in an effort to keep my shutter speed up.
Canon 1div, 300f/2.8 is, ext 1.4, tv 1/640 iso 2000 f/4
thanks for looking and all the previous kindness shown
Stu