Not quite in full summer colours yet…
But almost…
Almost there
Tag: Long-tailed Duck
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.
RF600 f/11 BIFs
The AF is a bit hit and miss and yes the images a tad soft…
But I don’t think I would have been able to get these shots with my 500 f/4 as I wouldn’t have been able o swing it round and focus in time.
So a great value walkaround lens for a very good price (yes I know mine is only on loan).
LTDIFs
Apart from this one spot today there were not many photo opps. Only 2 eagles around (both White-taileds) in the whole day. Not much else either. No small birds (apart from Dusky Thrush) around anywhere so far in 2023.
Some Long-tails
Always one of the most photogenic birds of winter…
There were 2 females and 1 male in this particular spot…
Some LTDs
A dark snowy Sunday was not ideal for photos but 3 of the ports had Long-tailed Ducks…
Always love photographing these in winter, even in poor light like yesterday.
Summer colours
Only 1 Long-tailed Duck remained in the port but it was in breeding plumage…
Some more 1000mm shots
This rather scruffy partially moulted male Long-tailed Duck posed nicely…
Some 1000mm shots
Some nice light so I used the 2X teleconverter…
Some more spring port birds…
This male Long-tailed Duck was coming into breeding plumage…
This Sanderling isn’t yet:
I was trying my hardest to get photos of this species. Stejneger’s Scoter, but they never seem to come close.
These were on the sea, not in the port and is a very heavy crop.
A quick stop on the way back
On the way back home we stopped off at a port that was great for Long-tailed Ducks late last winter…
And they were back.
And will the Stejneger’s Scoters ever come close?
