Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Mallard




I love birds.
I am not a good bird photographer though...
Not just that I don't have the best equipment for that purpose,
I am also not patient enough to sit somewhere and
wait for them to come and sit for me.
And if they do, I am often simply to slow,
the bird is long gone before I get them into focus.
Well, I can live with it.
Especially because there are a couple of nice bloggers out there who are great bird photographers and who share their wonderful captures with others!
And I can live with it because
I do get a decent shot every now and then myself.
I was able to "sneak" up on this Mallard yesterday.

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9 comments:

  1. Gor someone who doesn't think she has the right lense or camera - those are lovely photos of the mallard! That bird has quite a range.

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  2. These are great!! The last photo of the mallard in flight is my favorite!!

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  3. I think you did a GREAT job of shooting these ducks!! I am truly bird photo challanged - I just can not photograph birds at all. You on the other hand are good!!! They are such pretty birds....debbie

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  4. Fantastic shots! Simply inpiring! ~Janine XO

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  5. Well, you did a "great" job! Nice shots! And thank you for sharing them with us.

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  6. ...those are fantastic shots! Flight shots are always hard, but these are wonderful!!

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  7. Your equipment was definitely good enough and you were not too slow on these shots. Birds in flight are very difficult, and you did a very good job. Wonderful!

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  8. Hey you did awsome!! I still not able to get a decent flight shot. You need to give yourself some credit my dear.

    Crista

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  9. Well, thank you all! What can I say... when I visit other birding bloggers and look at some of their awsum shots I get pretty depressed... ;-) just kidding! I guess I can be very happy with the result indeed. Mallards are shy, I tried to sneak up on him a couple of times before, but every time he heard me coming... I need to practice that soft inidan walk I guess.. ;))

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