Farmington Bay - II (Page 2): Excellent set Mike.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

UTMike wrote:

The Farmington Bay Wildfowl Management Area will open for duck hunting October 1. I went to check out things and found the gate to the main area locked. The photos that I am posting show the population in the outer areas.

Although shooting into the sun is tricky, when I could get the subjects in the new sun the results were much better.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Excellent set Mike.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

UTMike wrote:

The Farmington Bay Wildfowl Management Area will open for duck hunting October 1. I went to check out things and found the gate to the main area locked. The photos that I am posting show the population in the outer areas.

Although shooting into the sun is tricky, when I could get the subjects in the new sun the results were much better.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA

UTMike wrote:

The Farmington Bay Wildfowl Management Area will open for duck hunting October 1. I went to check out things and found the gate to the main area locked. The photos that I am posting show the population in the outer areas.

Although shooting into the sun is tricky, when I could get the subjects in the new sun the results were much better.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Nice set Mike

tcthome Loc: NJ

PattyW60 Loc: Northwest Illinois

Wow...beautiful set of pictures, Mike! What a cool area to watch and photograph birds! Thanks for sharing!
Patty

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Always enjoy going to Farmington Bay and your photos from there, Mike...very nice series!!

artesdecobo

UTMike wrote:

The Farmington Bay Wildfowl Management Area will open for duck hunting October 1. I went to check out things and found the gate to the main area locked. The photos that I am posting show the population in the outer areas.

Although shooting into the sun is tricky, when I could get the subjects in the new sun the results were much better.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Very nice set, Mike. IMHO, the second and third raptor shots are the best of the batch, but I am prejudiced because I don't get a lot of raptor opportunities. The second image of the hawk looking directly at you is noteworthy; sharp and uncluttered. I am not great at raptor ID but think this might be a juvenile Swainson's Hawk. Perhaps some of the raptor experts will chime in.

Bubba

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Very nice!

Nalu Loc: Southern Arizona

Looks like a fun outing. Good stuff!

merrytexan Loc: georgia

UTMike wrote:

The Farmington Bay Wildfowl Management Area will open for duck hunting October 1. I went to check out things and found the gate to the main area locked. The photos that I am posting show the population in the outer areas.

Although shooting into the sun is tricky, when I could get the subjects in the new sun the results were much better.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

shot no 1 is my favorite, and it's amazing the number of eggs the lady has...
lucky you to get to witness all the beauty around you, mike!

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Excellent photos, Mike.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

srsincary wrote:

Lovely set, Mike.

Thanks for looking, Ronnie.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

J-SPEIGHT wrote:

Excellent set Mike.

I appreciate your generous comment, Jack.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Manglesphoto wrote:

I do like those thumbs up, Frank.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

junglejim1949 wrote:

Nice set Mike

Thanks for looking and those thumbs up, Jim!