Fabulous images everyone! We went to West Virginia for a quick overnight trip to see the foliage. Due to the warm early fall and too much rain, many trees turned brown without the usual color-changing phase. But pockets of areas still showed decent colors, although not as vibrant as usual. The first one was shot with the Sony 24-105, the second was shot with the 100-400 GM. I had the Loxia 21 and CV 40 with me but they can't beat the zooms when you can't zoom with your feet.
kdrk888 wrote:
Fabulous images everyone! We went to West Virginia for a quick overnight trip to see the foliage. Due to the warm early fall and too much rain, many trees turned brown without the usual color-changing phase. But pockets of areas still showed decent colors, although not as vibrant as usual. The first one was shot with the Sony 24-105, the second was shot with the 100-400 GM. I had the Loxia 21 and CV 40 with me but they can't beat the zooms when you can't zoom with your feet.
AGeoJO wrote:
I have been on the pursuit of this duck. Yes, it is only a duck but it is the most beautiful duck there is. Three mornings at 2 different locations and this is so far the best. I still had to crop that image. But I will give it another try this Friday or even in the weekend with a slightly different lens.
The 2X TC used here delivered the goods alright but yet, I am convinced that a bare lens would generate more detailed images and that’s what I am trying to get. Either that or I hope for this skittish duck to get closer... I won’t bite . ...Show more →
Looking good so far....
Try getting some healthy duck food (ie not bread) and bring the thing in closer....Wood ducks around here are super tame because of this....this is the Wood ducks' only relative and in S. Korea they were very domesticated even with huge crowds of people in the area because they were being fed.
arbitrage wrote:
Looking good so far....
Try getting some healthy duck food (ie not bread) and bring the thing in closer....Wood ducks around here are super tame because of this....this is the Wood ducks' only relative and in S. Korea they were very domesticated even with huge crowds of people in the area because they were being fed.
Thanks, Geoff! They put up signs for folks not to feed water fowls. Yes, you can buy healthy duck food but it would take days if not weeks for them to really get used to it. Wood ducks are indeed the N American relative of this fancy ducks from East Asia. I notice that if you patient enough, they tend to ignore you, which is a good thing in this case.
Hi Kim, thanks! A shooting buddy of mine forwarded that article to me a few days ago. Apparently, there is a "boom" in the MD population in North America right now.
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The image of the MD I posted previously was cropped and this is the original size; again taken at 800mm. We will see if a longer lens will get better results tomorrow.
Interesting how many shots on this page are with the 24-105G.
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Here's another from 24-105G . . .
Thank you, Jim. Here is another shot from yesterday with the Sony 24-105. This is the much photographed Glade Creek Grist Mill in Babcock State Park in West Virginia. They say the colors can be much more vibrant than this in a good year.
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