Elusive Subjects
ktuli — Sun, 03/13/2016 - 15:27
I spent the past couple mornings sitting out by our pond hoping to get some photos of some of the ducks that have been stopping in. Each time, there was very little action and I only got a couple fleeting photos and nothing very good due to poor light conditions and distance. I did come away with these two though...
Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm, 1/250 sec at f/5.6. ISO 10000. IS Mode 1. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw.
Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm, 1/160 sec at f/8. ISO 1250. IS Mode 1. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw.
The first is a pair of Hooded Mergansers and the second is a male Wood Duck.
This last one is an absolutely horrible photo due to the high ISO needed and the long distance it was taken (and then heavily cropped), but I wanted to at least get a single shot of this white deer. I've been throwing out corn, so hopefully they'll come in closer some time when there is slightly better light. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it to come around again.
Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm, 1/13 sec at f/5.6. ISO 16000. IS Mode 1. RAW processing and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw.
Let's hope I can get some more good opportunities with these elusive subjects.
- Bill
Thanks Bill!! I was glad to get a look at the white deer!
Are the Hooded Mergansers really a pair of male and female? They look so different!
Yeah - hopefully the white deer comes in closer and I can get some better shots!
As for the Hooded Mergansers, yes that is definitely a pair. We get to watch the males doing their courtship dances and competitions for the females, and then they pair off and swim off together. I'm not sure if we see the same ones all the time or different pairs. On Sunday, we had four males and three females out on the pond at the same time. If I wasn't sure that I would just scare them off, I would have braved the rain to try and get some photos. Unfortunately, they are so skittish that as soon as I would have gone outside, they would have flown off. I'd rather then feel comfortable and maybe use the duck boxes and decide to nest here.
- Bill
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