I had the pleasure to bump into Maggie last weekend and we found a few Hooded Mergansers to capture. I was shooting with my slow, heavy rig - Pentax K20D + FA*250-600/5.6. I had my MkII in the backpack, but forgot my extender at home. I think the Canon rig might have been better for capturing some of the action. The birds pretty much kept their distance from the paparazzi. A young Grebe also made a brief appearance.
JayT you sure were in good company You picked up some nice colors in the water. Favs here are #2 and #3. I am guilty of missing leveling horizons on my shots so now I am more concious of it, #2 could use it The last griebe is very nice too!
Ah, Jay - you're evil! And you have an ulterior motive - to see how the MKIII stacks up to your Pentax and monster lens. Every single shot I took will be trashed (yours are better) but tonight I'll find one or two and post them to this thread. You should consider Nikon gear to go along with your Canon and Pentax gear
Hey Jay, the hoodies in that pond are one tough subject! Nice job catching the female with fish(?), I've never seen that. Nice shots of the Mrs 3&6. The last grebe is my favorite shot. Cool reflections and colors. I hope to see you out there soon!
Nice work, Jay!
You got great colors and sharpness, especially from a distance I am still looking to find some hoodies on my side that are forced to be close in. I got them last year--but as of yet they have not been to that spot.
Karl Witt wrote:
JayT you sure were in good company You picked up some nice colors in the water. Favs here are #2 and #3. I am guilty of missing leveling horizons on my shots so now I am more concious of it, #2 could use it The last griebe is very nice too!
Karl
Thanks Karl,
Yeah, Maggie is pretty cool. I guess I tried to level the ducks without paying enough attention to the water. I liked the color on the last grebe shot, but I was behind some obstructions so ended up cropping a fair amount of it.
You guys should've rent a boat from the UW they're cheap If you guyz were in that area of course
Anyway you nailed some great shots Jay w those autumn colours reflected!
MaggieBee wrote:
Ah, Jay - you're evil! And you have an ulterior motive - to see how the MKIII stacks up to your Pentax and monster lens. Every single shot I took will be trashed (yours are better) but tonight I'll find one or two and post them to this thread. You should consider Nikon gear to go along with your Canon and Pentax gear
Maggie,
Sorry I thought for sure you would have come away with quite a few nice ones from the pond.
You know I'm just looking for any excuse to upgrade to the Mark III
Oooh Nikon; full frame, better AF?
Tim Kuhn wrote:
Hey Jay, the hoodies in that pond are one tough subject! Nice job catching the female with fish(?), I've never seen that. Nice shots of the Mrs 3&6. The last grebe is my favorite shot. Cool reflections and colors. I hope to see you out there soon!
Tim
Tim,
I hear you. Even though we were crouched down and relatively quiet they seem to keep a fair distance from us. I think the females look better than the males which can be really hard to expose most of the time. Yeah, we just missed each other on Saturday. We'll have to hook up with Maggie for a group shoot.
harshaj1 wrote:
Great job and love #3
Harsha
Thanks Harsha,
Next time I'll have to bump up the ISO & shutter speed to capture more action.
Herderdog wrote:
Nice work, Jay!
You got great colors and sharpness, especially from a distance I am still looking to find some hoodies on my side that are forced to be close in. I got them last year--but as of yet they have not been to that spot.
Thanks Bonnie,
I was pleased with the color, but sharpness and weight of this big lens keep me thinking about a 500/4 IS . I'm sure the hoodies will arrive on your side pretty soon too.
The last griebe is very nice too!