Electric Duck, Osprey & a Limpkin

A few shots I took this morning on the river.

Thanks,

H

I watched this one for the past couple months and could always tell him apart from his sibling as he was always squawking. A couple weeks ago he found his wings and was off hunting. This morning I heard him as soon as I rounded a bend in the river. He greeted me in his normal way then flew off. The young ones are very cautious and do not allow me to get very close. Seems like the mature osprey realize I'm not a threat and tolerate me much more.

Thanks

H

Are these with the 70-300?

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CMalsingh said:

Are these with the 70-300?

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Hi Colin,

Those were shot with a 70-200 2.8 VR-I with a Kenko 1.4 TC

Thanks,

H

Hustus,

Those are excellent photos, all very good exposures. Can you share your AF settings as I have a miserable time getting anything that moves in focus. The "Electric Duck" is pretty cool but what is it and how did you get that shot?

Rocco

Thanks Rocco,

I use either 51 or 21 point and with 51 I use 3d tracking. It nails it 75% depending in light.

Thanks

H

Super Osprey images. Congrats. How far was the nest from you?
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marshaz said:

Super Osprey images. Congrats. How far was the nest from you?

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Hi Marsha, and thank you,

Distance from the nest was approx. 150 ft. The BIF varied from about 200 to 250'. All the bird photo's were heavily cropped using Genuine Fractals and cleaned up in CS5 which gives me at least an effective extra 100mm if not more.

H

The dag does look like electric

Beautiful Limpkin image.
Splendid Osprey images, nicely worked.

Thanks for posting

H

Greetings from Florida also here (nice reptile etc portraits for a change)
http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43651
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Thanks Hynek,

Interestingly, one of my next projects is to photograph reptiles and will require a great effort. Snakes in Florida summer sun seek shade so they are often hid. Near the water can be productive as water snakes like to hang out in scrubs & tree limbs overhanging the water. I've seen the notorious water moccasin snatch a small bird that landed in a shrub near him. Any time I see snake photo's I can appreciate the effort made to get those shots and often they are opportunistic rather than designed.

The "electric duck" is in fact a muscovy duck which is not a native duck. It is often found in parks and small ponds and is rather domesticated. The duck I shot is a feral muscovy which lives on the river and is by no means domesticated as it shy's away more than the Osprey and I've yet to get a good capture. Like most ducks they fly fast, often very low to the water which makes a good shot extremely difficult as they blend into the trees in the background which will severely tax any AF system including both my D300S and D700. Here's the best shot I have ( Electric duck unplugged) which is poor but you can at least see the bird detail.

Thanks,

H

Love those Osprey images, well done, jen

thanks for your words to it mate, always appreciated.

Cheers,

H

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