Wood Ducks
Nov 28, 2014 14:29:41 #
nascar27 wrote:
Those types of ducks with their contrasting colors make a great subject matter which you took full advantage of. 8-)
I certainly agree with you about the ducks and thank you for your kind remarks, nascar27. I hope your Thanksgiving was a great one.
Nov 28, 2014 17:52:51 #
gessman wrote:
First 3 shot with SX50 - rest were shot with 5D MkII and 70-200L II IS f/2.8...
Probably captures of these Wood
Ducks are as good as any I've seen! Thanks for posting!
Nov 28, 2014 20:29:35 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Probably captures of these Wood
Ducks are as good as any I've seen! Thanks for posting!
Ducks are as good as any I've seen! Thanks for posting!
Thank you Swamp Cork. I appreciate your visit and the kind words.
Nov 28, 2014 21:10:15 #
gessman wrote:
First 3 shot with SX50 - rest were shot with 5D MkII and 70-200L II IS f/2.8...
your shots of this beautiful duck are so beautiful!
Nov 29, 2014 00:19:00 #
merrytexan wrote:
your shots of this beautiful duck are so beautiful!
Why, thank you merrytexan. I do indeed appreciate your comments and I certainly agree with you about the beautiful duck. Such beauty.
Nov 29, 2014 14:49:26 #
Nov 29, 2014 16:30:30 #
raymondh wrote:
A lovely treatment of these beautiful birds. :thumbup:
Thank you very much. I appreciate you looking and your comment. Mother Nature was with me that afternoon. :thumbup:
Nov 29, 2014 16:43:57 #
Great shots gessman! love the males. I have yet to see one. I only see the females in Ontario.
Nov 29, 2014 19:17:20 #
William H wrote:
Great shots gessman! love the males. I have yet to see one. I only see the females in Ontario.
Thank you William H. I appreciate it. These little guys have been a favorite of mine for a long time but they're pretty hard to catch. I'm curious, what happens with the females you see. Do they come there to lay and hatch eggs and then leave without the males showing up or are the males just scarce there and you just don't see them?
Nov 30, 2014 09:26:30 #
Nov 30, 2014 12:02:02 #
William H wrote:
I have no idea. I was just discussing this with my wife. I hope to see them this spring.
Thank you for returning and replying to my question. I'm not much of a bird expert but it does seem strange that only the females would go north to nest for hatching eggs and the males not be anywhere around. I don't know if Wood Ducks mate for life or not. I'm going to have to see if I can discover more about this. Thanks again.
Nov 30, 2014 13:10:48 #
Those are gorgeous pictures!!! Would you mind sharing your settings on your first picture? I'm just learning and it would be so helpful for me to associate settings with fabulous pictures.
Nov 30, 2014 15:51:36 #
Texas1833 wrote:
Those are gorgeous pictures!!! Would you mind sharing your settings on your first picture? I'm just learning and it would be so helpful for me to associate settings with fabulous pictures.
Thank you and yes, I'd be most happy to share the settings with you. Let me look 'em up and I'll put them in my next comment.
Metering was evaluative, distance 123mm, aperture priority mode, f/5.6 aperture, 1/320 shutter, 320 iso(auto), shot in Raw, Lighting was direct setting sun. If there's anything else you would like to know, please don't hesitate to ask.
Nov 30, 2014 20:32:48 #
Nov 30, 2014 23:58:03 #
Texas1833 wrote:
Thanks so much for the settings. It helps a lot.
Let me just point out something here. The sensor is a lot smaller on the Canon SX50HS than on a "crop sensor" camera so I got greater depth of field at f/5.6. It is harder to blur the background with a camera with a sensor the size of the one in the SX50. Had I been shooting a crop sensor camera I most likely would have selected a larger aperture number such as f/8 or f/11 to get good depth of field in those shots. If I had shot that with f/5.6 with say a Canon 7D or Nikon 7100 I might not have gotten good front to back clarity so I would need a higher aperture number to ensure that. Selecting a higher aperture would have forced my shutter speed lower or my iso higher to keep the same exposure.
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