brandon Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Instead of getting up super early to shoot today I decided to sleep in and hopefully catch some nice afternoon light........But it was hit and miss. Clouds started to move in and it wasn't the greatest. Everytime I've been out taking pictures of waterfowl I always see them do this thing where they sort of push themselves out of the water and fluff their wings then rest back in the water again......I'm not sure if theyre just stretching or what but I've wanted pictures of that behaviour for a while. It's not as easy as it seems though.......when there's 20 ducks in front of you, it's hard to predict which one will do it still try and keep the other ducks out of the frame. So today I worked on just watching the ducks and learning what sort of stuff they did before they did their little stretch dance. The little bit of study time paid off and you'll see that in a few of the pics below.......enjoy Female Pintail walking on water....... Drake Wigeon Drake Mallard Drake Mallard/Pintail hybrid Same mallard/pintail hybrid doing some cleaning Mallard I'm not 100% sure what kind of birds these are.... Female Northern Harrier......Instead of trying to get too close for a profile type pic I stayed back and kept more in the scene.......such as the mountainous backdrop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushart Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Looks great---definetely like the moving shots better. Bushart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centerpin_drift Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 right on brandon, thanks for sharing. the pictures of the mallard/pintail hybrid are wicked, we actually have a couple sitting on a warm hole in my home town and i never figured out what they were till now. keep them comming, i wait regularly to see your waterfowl shots now. mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walleyejigger Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 amazing pictures, you have true talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pameladallaire Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Great shots as usual Brandon! Don't you get sick of being at the point where we have nothing to criticize? LOL I LOVE the splashing shot. Pam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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