Photo of the Day! Female Wood Duck pt. II

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f2.8 w/TC14e II, ISO 640, f6.3, 1/1000

Here is the second image from last week's wood duck adventure. I was lucky enough to have a wood duck pair to swim past me to get this shot. I hope to get to that spot again soon to see if I can photography the male.

Photo of the Day! Female Wood Duck

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300mm f2.8 w/TC14e II, ISO 640, f6.3, 1/1600, +1/3ev, SB800 for fill

Yesterday I was at my favorite Wood Duck pond for an early morning shoot. At first I was a bit disappointed on the lack on wood ducks on the pond. However, after a short wait a male and a female swam past me. The male wouldn't come nearly as close as the female did.

Photo of the Day! Male Wood Duck

Nikon D90|Sigma 150-500 @500|f7.1|ISO 400|1/60 ooops!

Yes, old man winter has its icy grip on Minnesota right now. There is warmer weather in the future for us(sort of). I made this image last spring while laying on my stomach waiting for this guy to swim by me. An hour and a half later, I got what I was looking for.

As a reminder (mostly to myself) to check your settings. As you can see I shot this at 1/60 of a second. That's just a bit slow for 500mm. =)