My 2019 ducks with a minuscule Canon SX70 HS: These are photos taken hand held or with a monopod with the zoom fully extended i.e. 1300mm (all birds being far away). The pictures were...

sergio

These are photos taken hand held or with a monopod with the zoom fully extended i.e. 1300mm (all birds being far away). The pictures were processed with PS CC primarily for printing on a Super B format and secondarily reduced in size for the web. They are comparable in quality with what I did with my usual gear (Canon 7DII with Tamron 150-600 and 1.4x extender on monopod).

The birds were Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Hooded Mergansers and N Pintail.

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wetreed

Those are really very good shots, I am very impressed.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

They do look good. What kind of duck is the 2nd one?

itsnoelb Loc: Edgewater, FL. Originally: FLINT. MI.

wetreed wrote:

Those are really very good shots, I am very impressed.

Outstanding!

kay55 Loc: NE Ohio

sergio wrote:

These are photos taken hand held or with a monopod with the zoom fully extended i.e. 1300mm (all birds being far away). The pictures were processed with PS CC primarily for printing on a Super B format and secondarily reduced in size for the web. They are comparable in quality with what I did with my usual gear (Canon 7DII with Tamron 150-600 and 1.4x extender on monopod).

The birds were Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Hooded Mergansers and N Pintail.

This series is wonderful the ducks are really cool too, thank you for sharing

sergio

suntouched wrote:

They do look good. What kind of duck is the 2nd one?

please read my message. All ducks are listed.

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

sergio wrote:

These are photos taken hand held or with a monopod with the zoom fully extended i.e. 1300mm (all birds being far away). The pictures were processed with PS CC primarily for printing on a Super B format and secondarily reduced in size for the web. They are comparable in quality with what I did with my usual gear (Canon 7DII with Tamron 150-600 and 1.4x extender on monopod).

The birds were Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Hooded Mergansers and N Pintail.

A fine variety of ducks.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

Missed that-duh. Thanks.

sergio wrote:

please read my message. All ducks are listed.

CanonShot Loc: Lancaster County, PA

Nice series! Getting those teal species to pose is a challenge.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Nice photos...but in number 2 the color balance is way off.

sergio

Retired CPO wrote:

Nice photos...but in number 2 the color balance is way off.

Amazingly, nobody seems to notice that one can make quality bird pictures with a camera which is about 1/2 of a pound, has a zoom that extends to 1300mm, RAW and 20MP and costs about $600). This was what I wanted to tell..
Compared this minuscule camera with what you and I are using (7DII, Tamron 150-600 etc).
You might be right on the Green-winged Teal. I attached an image taken from Wikipedia.

suntouched Loc: Sierra Vista AZ

Actually I noticed. And I think probably others took note as well. It is amazing. Did you try for any BIF and if so how did that go?

sergio wrote:

Amazingly, nobody seems to notice that one can make quality bird pictures with a camera which is about 1/2 of a pound, has a zoom that extends to 1300mm, RAW and 20MP and costs about $600). This was what I wanted to tell..
Compared this minuscule camera with what you and I are using (7DII, Tamron 150-600 etc).
You might be right on the Green-winged Teal. I attached an image taken from Wikipedia.

kay55 Loc: NE Ohio

sergio wrote:

Amazingly, nobody seems to notice that one can make quality bird pictures with a camera which is about 1/2 of a pound, has a zoom that extends to 1300mm, RAW and 20MP and costs about $600). This was what I wanted to tell..
Compared this minuscule camera with what you and I are using (7DII, Tamron 150-600 etc).
You might be right on the Green-winged Teal. I attached an image taken from Wikipedia.

I noticed too, but i am no expert so choose not to comment. Also I have a canon gx 3 on order and was wondering if maybe I made a mistake?

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Nice images - you're certainly getting the most out of that camera.