Northern Pintail

ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
edited December 19, 2004 in Wildlife
Here's a Northern Pintail.

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2004
    anothe rgood one
    Hey Ian,

    I like this shot. The water action and the reflection are good elements in the pic. I would do some more cropping on this shot also. Most of the scene on the right hand side doesn't add much to the pic. What lens are you shooting with here?

    Harry
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited December 18, 2004
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Ian,

    I like this shot. The water action and the reflection are good elements in the pic. I would do some more cropping on this shot also. Most of the scene on the right hand side doesn't add much to the pic. What lens are you shooting with here?

    Harry
    I wanted to leave him someplace to go to in the frame...otherwise, I agree.
    The right side is mostly worthless. If I did crop, do you think all from the right
    or 60/40 (from the right and left)?

    Shot with a 500mm Canon.

    Ian
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2004
    ian408 wrote:
    I wanted to leave him someplace to go to in the frame...otherwise, I agree.
    The right side is mostly worthless. If I did crop, do you think all from the right
    or 60/40 (from the right and left)?

    Shot with a 500mm Canon.

    I would leave some of the right so the duck has some where to go. You would have to crop some of the wake on the left but most of it would be retained. I would crop out most of the water above and to the right of the duck.

    When I shoot wildlife and I know I'm too far away for a full frame shot I try to consider the cropping possibilities when I frame the shot.

    500mm, hmmm, very sweet. I would love to have a 500mm for my Nikon. Add on a tele-extender and then you really have some reach.biggrinbounce2.gif

    Harry
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2004
    Neat duck
    ian408 wrote:
    Here's a Northern Pintail.

    So where are you finding these birds and ducks?
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited December 18, 2004
    Dee wrote:
    ian408 wrote:
    Here's a Northern Pintail.

    So where are you finding these birds and ducks?
    Two places today. The egrets at the end of San Antonio Road
    in Palo Alto (on the bay end) and the ducks, over at Redwood Shores.
    Specifically, off of Radio Road.

    Ian
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2004
    could you carry it, ya old goat?
    Harryb wrote:
    500mm, hmmm, very sweet. I would love to have a 500mm for my Nikon. Add on a tele-extender and then you really have some reach.biggrinbounce2.gif

    Harry
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2004
    andy wrote:
    could you carry it, ya old goat?
    Nah! I would hire someone to carry it for me. Somebody who would work for lattes and ribs. Hmmm, who could I get? rolleyes1.gif

    Harry
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2004
    I'll have to check those places out.
    Hmmm, two places I've missed. I also hear Alviso is good for marsh/bird life. Now's a good time to go because it's not so darn hot.

    Thanks for the info.
    ian408 wrote:
    Two places today. The egrets at the end of San Antonio Road
    in Palo Alto (on the bay end) and the ducks, over at Redwood Shores.
    Specifically, off of Radio Road.

    Ian
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited December 19, 2004
    Dee wrote:
    Hmmm, two places I've missed. I also hear Alviso is good for marsh/bird life. Now's a good time to go because it's not so darn hot.

    Thanks for the info.
    Alviso or perhaps the Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. The park connects to
    Alviso through a myriad of trails. You could also park at the waste water
    treatment plant (Borregas and Carribian) and walk past the RADAR and out
    to the end of the runway at Moffett Field.

    Ian
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2004
    Thanks for the tips Ian
    There is a good website I stumbled upon a while back with photos of these bay trails and good directions, now I have to try to refind it. They even give parking directions.


    ian408 wrote:
    Alviso or perhaps the Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. The park connects to
    Alviso through a myriad of trails. You could also park at the waste water
    treatment plant (Borregas and Carribian) and walk past the RADAR and out
    to the end of the runway at Moffett Field.

    Ian
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