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buckfever
04-13-2008, 03:53 PM
Took these photos on the morning of last month's big snowstorm. . .

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0260_1_croppedrs.jpg


http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0287_1_cropped.jpg
buckfever
04-13-2008, 04:16 PM
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0324_1_cropped.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0277_1_cropped-1.jpg:)
buckfever
04-13-2008, 04:30 PM
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0340_1_cropped-1.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0317_1_cropped-1.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0351_1_cropped-1-1.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f220/buckfever6/IMG_0284_1_cropped-1.jpg
killinmammals
04-13-2008, 04:32 PM
nice pictures...if only those were around during season huh?!
Matt722mx
04-13-2008, 04:36 PM
nice looking pics!
quackrstackr
04-13-2008, 07:19 PM
I can rid you of those vermin about next December if you like... :D
muzzy125acc
04-13-2008, 07:59 PM
Great pics man:D
RocketRider
04-13-2008, 08:57 PM
OK, gotta ask. What type camera & lens are you uisng? Great pics!

RR~
ducknbuckhunter
04-13-2008, 11:00 PM
second that with quackstackr!!!!!
buckfever
04-14-2008, 02:31 PM
OK, gotta ask. What type camera & lens are you uisng? Great pics!

RR~

Thanks for the comments! :)

The camera is a Canon Rebel XTi (12 megapixels). The lens is a Canon EF 100-400 mm. w/ image stabilization and f/5.6. I was using a tripod, and almost all of these duck shots (except the drake and hen woody) were taken at 400 mm.

The lens is nice, but its limited aperture f/5.6 makes it tough to get crisp shots at dawn/dusk. I virtually had to just sit in the blind for about an hour until I had enough light to start shooting. To really capture those early morning shots, I'd have to upgrade to a f/2.8 aperture, but those lenses are in excess of $5K. I like taking duck pics and all, but I don't seeing investing that kind of money into a camera lens.

Prior to this morning, I had counted something like 14 different varieties of ducks in this particular flooded corn field. Both divers and dabblers. Awesome diversity. In addition to the Ring-Neck, Woody, Mallard, and Redhead in these pics, I also managed to take some shots of Widgeon, Golden-Eye, Bluebill, Gadwall, Shoveler, and Black Duck, as well as some geese. The pics of all those ducks were shot at first light and turned out blurry, simply b/c there wasn't enough light. Although none swam by that morning, I had also seen some blue-wing teal, canvasback, greater scaup, and ??? (don't remember the last species) in that hole.