Woodie up close

Gallery: AvianPosted June 10, 201276 views7 comments

Female mama Wood duck showing her colors.
Sony a 77
70-400 Sony zoom
tripod
ball head
camo netting
ISO 800
400 mm
f 8 @ 1/200 sec
slight crop from right

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on June 10, 2012 at 12:50 PM

Wow, does this ever have sharp focus and detail. Really great. Love the iridescent colors in the speculum. Not easy to do with this species. Pleasant, complimentary BG. It certainly gives one a good look at what a female woodie looks like.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 10, 2012 at 1:10 PM

Beautiful light and detail!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on June 10, 2012 at 1:33 PM

The detail is super, and sharply in focus! You were lucky with the 1/200. It certainly allowed for the DOF that f/8 gave you! Expertly done.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on June 10, 2012 at 4:09 PM

The detail and the sharpness is really excellent.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 11, 2012 at 11:30 AM

Here is another from session with baby woodies and Mama. I am still surprised as to how the woodies on the creek are allowing me closer and closer. I could almost touch them during the shoot. I started off under camo netting to hide and then took off cover to see reaction. After years of shooting these wood ducks i am lucky to get this close.
The colors of Mama are more visable here and the male chick in background shows the molting of colors on his feathers on top of head and back..

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on June 11, 2012 at 11:33 AM