This drake Gadwall was very confiding as it dabbled close to the perimeter path. The shots were taken with the 200mm F2 wide open at F2. They have been cropped approx 33%.
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Showing posts with label Gadwall. Show all posts
Monday, 5 December 2011
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Drake Gadwall
I took these shots of a drake Gadwall at WWT Slimbridge. The reserve is simply stunning for both wild and captive birds and if anyone needs photo practice, this must surely be the place to visit. I reckon a week here would just about scratch the surface. The amount of new work and site improvement going on here is staggering.
Over the next few days/weeks I will share some of the best images. Most will be wild birds but I couldn't resist some of the more exotic wildfowl. To be continued...
All of the images were taken with D3x, 300mm F/2.8 and 1.4x TC, all tripod mounted.
Sunday, 22 March 2009
A day at Walmsley Sanctuary
The collection of various images below are the result of several hours spent in a couple hides at the CBWPS reserve. The site is looking stunning and the birds are fairly close too. Pick of the crop are some displaying Gadwalls and Northern Shoveler, a distant record shot of the wintering Hen Harrier, a showy male Pheasant and a very close shot of a Little Grebe. The highlight though was the steady increase of Sand Martins through the day... at dusk as we were leaving, I would estimate up to 1000 birds hawking insects on the reserve.
EXIF detail: Aperture Priority. Aperture F/5. Shutter 1/500th. ISO 320 Focal Length 600mm. WB Cloudy. EV 0.0
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