Not quite in full summer colours yet…
But almost…
Almost there
Category: Wildfowl
Some more EF 400 f/5.6L shots
The light lens day continued…
So surprise surprise neither the RF 600 f/11 or the EF 400 f/5.6L are as good as the EF 500 f/4L but on days like yesterday sometimes it’s great to not worry about heavy lenses and dodgy shoulders.
Actually I used the big lens this afternoon and the camera/lens started shuddering and making loud noises and an error message appeared in the viewfinder. Hopefully just a case of cleaning the contacts….
Some EF 400 f/5.6L shots
400mm seems awfully short after being used to 500mm for the last 10 years…
But it is a lot easier carrying around.
Some more from a sunny Sunday with the RF 600 f/11
I tried some Scoter BIFs…
Topaz DeNoise rescued these.
A sunny Sunday with the RF 600 f/11
Some more shots from the Canon RF 600 f/11.
Struggling a bit with it: the slowish AF and high ISO are a pixel peeper’s nightmare. Small low resolution shots like this are not so bad.
BIFs are hard, at least they’re hard for me.
A soft but interesting enough shot.
A lot of noise reduction and sharpening going on here. Again, at such low resolution and when looked at on a phone they are passable.
Way home in the rain
It was raining all the way home…we stopped at a few spots.
Late Winter Trip 2023 #31
The best bird of the trip was the Lesser Scaup, my first lifer since last summer.
Apart from the wildfowl and eagles we also saw 2 male Hen Harriers, a flock of Bohemian Waxwing, Oriental Magpie and Ring-necked Pheasant.
Late Winter Trip 2023 #29
The eerie calls of Black Scoter are a common sound this time of year…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #28
The Lesser Scaup was still around the next day…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #24
Some port ducks…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #22
Some more shots of the Lesser Scaup…
Late Winter Trip 2023 #20
The Lesser Scaup occasionally showed signs of life…
