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Don Haines said:Nat_WA said:Don Haines said:
Very nice set Don, to me it would be quite a challenge to get such shots from a canoe... (draining the water out of my camera gear after toppling over a couple of times)
How close did the loon get to you?
Wiebe.
The trick is to be patient.... if you chase around the lake after them you will never get close.... I positioned myself upwind of where they were feeding and (fortunately) with the light behind me, and let myself slowly drift into the area.... I got lucky a few times and had them surface a couple of times within ten feet of me... I also had a beaver swim past.... he did a loop around the canoe before deciding I was dangerous and dived...
and I also use a pelican case to keep the gear dry.....
Hey Don, is your canoe wooden or plastic?
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I got a compensation day Thursday. Three targets, succeeded with just one (not the bird that I post, I took that photo when I was going home... Rainy!
The only bird I got is actually not interesting :-[! - it wasn't good idea to point the lens up!
On other hand, my target #2 (first one was a bird - no success...) was good, well at least one time (sorry CR - I have to illustrate?)
The only bird I got is actually not interesting :-[! - it wasn't good idea to point the lens up!
On other hand, my target #2 (first one was a bird - no success...) was good, well at least one time (sorry CR - I have to illustrate?)
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ISv said:Don Haines said:Nat_WA said:Don Haines said:
Very nice set Don, to me it would be quite a challenge to get such shots from a canoe... (draining the water out of my camera gear after toppling over a couple of times
How close did the loon get to you?
Wiebe.
The trick is to be patient.... if you chase around the lake after them you will never get close.... I positioned myself upwind of where they were feeding and (fortunately) with the light behind me, and let myself slowly drift into the area.... I got lucky a few times and had them surface a couple of times within ten feet of me... I also had a beaver swim past.... he did a loop around the canoe before deciding I was dangerous and dived...
and I also use a pelican case to keep the gear dry.....
Hey Don, is your canoe wooden or plastic?
Wooden, and she made me paint it Kodachrome red
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Don Haines said:ISv said:Don Haines said:Nat_WA said:Don Haines said:
Very nice set Don, to me it would be quite a challenge to get such shots from a canoe... (draining the water out of my camera gear after toppling over a couple of times
How close did the loon get to you?
Wiebe.
The trick is to be patient.... if you chase around the lake after them you will never get close.... I positioned myself upwind of where they were feeding and (fortunately) with the light behind me, and let myself slowly drift into the area.... I got lucky a few times and had them surface a couple of times within ten feet of me... I also had a beaver swim past.... he did a loop around the canoe before deciding I was dangerous and dived...
and I also use a pelican case to keep the gear dry.....
Hey Don, is your canoe wooden or plastic?
Wooden, and she made me paint it Kodachrome red
Don, I just chased the thread back to your loons: you're making me want a 6D2 and a canoe.
(and skills to use them) Great iridescence on the heads.
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Two from today - the first one at short distance - no atmospheric influence. For the second one I knew it's not going to be good (at least up to now I did'n succeed with these conditions) - about 30 meters/yards, very hot day, shallow layer of water, I call it "low quality air". On other hand it's my first White - faced Ibis (see the red iris, it separates it from the Glossy Ibis0
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dpc said:Beautiful pictures, ISv! Very well done.
Well, I wish the last one to be really "beautiful" -because it's my new species in the collection. And actually I got one more new species today but it would be shame to post the photo on this forum... I know where I go next weekend!!!
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A weekend out with the camera so I'll have some shots but just have to say super! to the previous posts!!
Jack
Jack
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ISv said:
Thanks! They visit in the summer heat a lot, because our patio has flowers that my wife diligently waters twice a day, and stocks feeders with fresh sugary hooch ;D Flowers get to be slim pickings when it doesn't rain much, and we had the driest May on record this year. Our flowers are popular for the honey bees too, got a couple of good photos of them that I'll have to post up!
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