Back at the Click Ponds

HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
edited February 18, 2012 in Wildlife
Hi Y'all,

A few more images from the click ponds at the Viera Wetlands


Spoonbill taken with the D3 and the 300mm f/4 + 1.7TC
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Young wood stork taken with the D3 and the 300mm f/4 + 1.7 TC
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Osprey taken with the D3 with the 300mm F/4 + 1.7 TC
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Great Egret taken with the D3 with the 500mm f/4 + 1.4 TC
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GBH taken with the D3 and the 500mm f/4 +1.4 TC
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a long view of the drained click pond taken from the east side with the Fuji X-100
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2012
    nice, really nice ylsuper.gif
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited February 8, 2012
    Yeah, no kidding. bowdown.gif
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  • ashruggedashrugged Registered Users Posts: 345 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2012
    Nice set Harry, I like light on the the Osprey, You even do well on landscapes.
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  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2012
    Wow, Harry, it's like Noah's Ark--you got one of everything--and they are all great! Is the Roseate Spoonbill a juvenile, or do they all look so pale this early in the season? We have 3 that I see regularly right now, and they look the same as this one. Best, Pam
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2012
    bfjr wrote: »
    nice, really nice ylsuper.gif

    Thanks Ben, glad you liked them.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2012
    kdog wrote: »
    Yeah, no kidding. bowdown.gif

    Thanks Joel
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  • austinjamesaustinjames Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited February 11, 2012
    looks like a great day shooting, super captures
    wildlifeandscenicphotography
  • LindiweLindiwe Registered Users Posts: 606 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2012
    Superb, as always.
    My favourite is the rather bedraggled young stork. That one made me chuckle.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2012
    ashrugged wrote: »
    Nice set Harry, I like light on the the Osprey, You even do well on landscapes.

    Thanks, the lighting for that ospreyshot was really favorable. I forgot to take a landscape lens with me that day but fortunately I did bring the Fuji X100.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2012
    PGM wrote: »
    Wow, Harry, it's like Noah's Ark--you got one of everything--and they are all great! Is the Roseate Spoonbill a juvenile, or do they all look so pale this early in the season? We have 3 that I see regularly right now, and they look the same as this one. Best, Pam

    Thanks Pam. The roseate was a juvenile hence the subdued colors. These were taken right after the breeding season and there were a fair amount of juvies. The wood stork & the GBH captures are also juvies. If you look at the great egret you can see that she's tad bedraggled after caring for her offspring.
    Harry
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  • kgarrett11kgarrett11 Registered Users Posts: 525 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2012
    Harry, #3 and 4 are great. My osprey was too hungry to take off.
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2012
    You still got itbowdown.gif

    What's it like shooting local birds after shooting in the Mara, Harry? headscratch.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2012
    dlplumer wrote: »
    You still got itbowdown.gif

    What's it like shooting local birds after shooting in the Mara, Harry? headscratch.gif

    Thanks Dan.

    It was an adjustment going back to my old haunts after having the opportunity of shooting in Kenya. The wetlands just didn't have the drama of Africa plus there were no Maasai around to photograph.

    Since I returned I find myself taking fewer captures. I am much more particluar about what I shoot. I used to cull 60-70% of my captures. Now the cull rate is about 90%.
    Harry
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2012
    MakeMeShutter wrote: »
    The Osprey image is gorgeous!
    Impressive pond.
    How often do they drain it?

    Thanks and they drain the ponds once a year, usually in the early summer.
    Harry
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