The fog cleared briefly…
Fog briefly clears
Tag: Long-tailed Duck
Still foggy…
I changed to my big lens but it was still foggy…
f/11 and foggy
It was warm and sunny in Hakodate this morning and we headed north to catch the port birds before they depart…
Only problem was it was foggy. I used the RF 600 f/11 lens at first thinking I’d switch to my ‘serious’ lens on the way back when the fog cleared…
Close-up birds were just about manageable.
More port birds up north
The White-billed Diver was still around but way offshore. Unlike its relative…
I was hoping for some Stejneger Scoter and/or Long-tailed Duck shots but the former were a long way off and I could only find one of the latter. And that didn’t come close either.
More from the way back
Some more ducks on the way home.
A quick stop on the way there #1
Just got back from a short trip. On the way we stopped at one of the ports on the way; the first time I’d been there since the New Year break..just a brief check with the lightweight 600 f/11.
There were 6 Long-tailed Ducks…
Almost there
Not quite in full summer colours yet…
But almost…
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…
