The 2nd day of 1DX + 600 II fury unleashed on them Wood pijuns.
Now I am done until I get more of an autumn red/yellow background so that I can start photographing environmental scenes with shorter lenses.
PetKal wrote:
Jerry, we would not expect anything else but the best fashion sense from a southern Californian like yourself.
Peter, you have no idea of the lengths to which I'll dress up, for a shot of Tequila, but I'll post a picture after October 31st; our Halloween. Last year I was a Pirate but this year, as per a friend's request (my wound care nurse of these last 4yrs) I will be in "La Chalupa" costume; search the internet for her! I'll wear some pink just for you folks! I should look stunning in my chairboat filled with tropical fruits, with my long locks, makeup and...a peasant dress; probably just the top...should prove interesting, think there'll be more than one shot involved this party
Peter, your woodies of late have been stunning - rich color, perfect poses...the local wood "pijuns" are very shy, and will fly at fifty meters' approach; I don't think even an 800 would get me The Shot ...
So, it's the half-tamed deer neighbors for me...
This one with the 70-200 f/2.8 II, a bit overexposed by accident (but corrected easily enough in LR)
StillFingerz wrote:
Peter, you have no idea of the lengths to which I'll dress up, for a shot of Tequila, but I'll post a picture after October 31st; our Halloween. Last year I was a Pirate but this year, as per a friend's request (my wound care nurse of these last 4yrs) I will be in "La Chalupa" costume; search the internet for her! I'll wear some pink just for you folks! I should look stunning in my chairboat filled with tropical fruits, with my long locks, makeup and...a peasant dress; probably just the top...should prove interesting, think there'll be more than one shot involved this party ...Show more →
Jerry, we are eagerly awaiting your La Chalupa pictures.
Tenn.Jer wrote:
Peter, your woodies of late have been stunning - rich color, perfect poses...the local wood "pijuns" are very shy, and will fly at fifty meters' approach; I don't think even an 800 would get me The Shot ...
Jerry
Thank you, Jerry, a friend of mine let me into his "secret place" for woodie photography.......before that I was in a similar situation like yourself, the ducks were always way to distant even for 800L.
Your deer shots are always first class......you see, I do not get opportunities like that.
Thank you, Chumma....I believe they are not uncommon in central/eastern Canada and US. From Canada and northern states they apparently migrate to the southern Atlantic shores, perhaps the Carolinas, Florida......I am not really sure.
StillFingerz wrote:
Jerry, great capture of mother and fawn
The 5D3's IQ looks quite nice, were you in camo and a blind or just walking about?
Thanks, (other) Jerry . Quite a few white-tail deer live on and around the ridge line where I live at the end of a dead-end paved road; they feed in the pastures along the road where I walk and drive daily. Over the years I believe they've gotten comfortable with my stopping the car or pausing in my walk to make photos. Several of the current mothers are fawns from two years ago whom I can still recognize by scars from skin injuries...one has a distinctive notched ear...
I'm really tickled (and that's a good thing ) by the upgrade from 5DII; I spoiled myself using all the focus points on my 1D IV, so when I planned a trip to Quebec last month I just couldn't go back to focus/recompose for travel - I pretty much used the 5DII for landscape type shooting only by that point. I picked up a new Mark III just before the trip. What really surprises me - and I don't see much comment about it - is that it seems to handle higher ISO's much better than my Mark II did...maybe my processing skills are better, maybe Lightroom 4 is better, I don't know...but I'm willing to shoot at 6400 and more, when I didn't even use 3200 before...
My technical expertise is..."limited", to say the least, and I can't back up my impressions with science...so I rarely jump into those threads that involve comparisons based on the measurable aspects of the machinery...besides, I don't like to argue...
I see wood ducks year-round (from a distance) here in Middle Tennessee, 30 miles north of the Alabama border; they're not really "common" but certainly not rare...here's a few caught on the creek near home with a 500L and 2x II extender a couple of years ago...
Chumma wrote:
Those woodies are so beautiful! Never seen one in Northern Virginia (or, may be I am looking at the wrong places). Are they native to Canada?
no, they are all over the eastern US too
they are kind semi-rare in many areas still though and had been endangered once upon a time for quite a while
StillFingerz wrote:
Great shot Psych, love that futuristic camera gear, great portrait capture, eyes n smiles are wonderful!
If I may, what lens did you use?
Either you or Peter with a pink flowered 800Ls...priceless
Jerry
I used the 24-70L and Peter can PM me for a shipping address for the pink camo 800L IS.
but this year, as per a friend's request (my wound care nurse of these last 4yrs) I will be in "La Chalupa" costume; search the internet for her! I'll wear some pink just for you folks! I should look stunning in my chairboat filled with tropical fruits, with my long locks, makeup and...a peasant dress; probably just the top...should prove interesting, think there'll be more than one shot involved this party 
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