Avian IOTW 1/22/10 Stuart Bowie
Congratulations Stuart Bowie
Pintailed Wydah
I left my house at 4.00am yesterday morning with some photographic mates, to go to a wetland area, 110km away, for the sole purpose of capturing various species of birdlife and an assortment of ducks. When we left, the sky above us was cloudless and full of stars. When we arrived at the wetlands an hour later, the clouds came in and turned out to be a very overcast day. Well we didnt see a single duck, but instead decided to walk around the grassland behind the hide. This guy gave us a show for a while, chasing a female around the grasses. As the light wasnt great, I had to shoot with a high ISO to get ss. These guys are actually very small, and with all the grasses and flowers, it played havoc with the AF, to try and lock onto him. They also fly very erratically. This was actually a take off shot from one of the flowers.
Canon 50D
100-400 @ 400mm
1/2000
F/5.6
ISO 800
Exp Comp +0.33
Hand Held
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Avian IOTW 1/22/10 Stuart Bowie 
