Daniel Cadieux
10-26-2009, 08:09 PM
For most of the past week a very accomodating Long-Tailed Duck (a relative rarity, especially good photo-op-wise) frequented a local urban pond. Of course when I could finally manage to go out, the duck was gone...at least a few fellow photogs got it pretty darn good!
Anyhow, I did get a bonus Northern Pintail, a species I had nothing worthwhile of in my files. Although not rare here during migration, they almost never afford any good opportunities. Maybe not a fully dressed male, but this female did choose a good perch (which I improved by digitally cleaning it from goose poop), and performed nicely before a point-and-shooter overzealously approached and flushed her away - with me in plain view obviously working her. Thank goodness I was in a good mood :)
Canon 40D + 100-400L @330mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/6.3, ISO 400, +0.3 EC, natural light, handheld, just about full-frame.
Anyhow, I did get a bonus Northern Pintail, a species I had nothing worthwhile of in my files. Although not rare here during migration, they almost never afford any good opportunities. Maybe not a fully dressed male, but this female did choose a good perch (which I improved by digitally cleaning it from goose poop), and performed nicely before a point-and-shooter overzealously approached and flushed her away - with me in plain view obviously working her. Thank goodness I was in a good mood :)
Canon 40D + 100-400L @330mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/1600s., f/6.3, ISO 400, +0.3 EC, natural light, handheld, just about full-frame.