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Hi Xnavy, Im curious... I know the grren bay area quite well and I know there is quite a bit of hunting pressure in your neck of the woods... are the ducks that tame up there or do you have a really well concieled place to shoot from to get this close to them. you seem to be litterally right on top of them

Also... have you ever considered using an editing program such as lightroom? it looks like quite a few of your shots are taken in shaded areas and Im not sure what kind of control settings you have, if any, on your camera to compensate for this. A program like lightroom will allow you to bring back some of the natural saturations as well as a bit of sharpening for some of your shots which you may enjoy.

Just a helpful tip

Im enjoying looking at your pics as it reminds me of the spring to come up here

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Great catches xnavy
The one below the Wood duck and above the Canada is a Goldeneye,either Barrows or Common.

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Heres a couple from my summer/fall.
I haven't gotten out nearly as much as I would have liked to this year...it's been a "busy" year
Pleasant surprise last weekend,the Harlequins have returned to my area,they were A.W.O.L. last year.
I plan on spending some time focusing on them this winter.
I have something "special" in store for them that will get me a lot more up close and personal
Google up ...Go Pro Hero 3 "Black Edition"

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OMG... its a KPR siting!!!

Seems like we have both had busy years or things that interfered with photography at different times. Its great youre back and posting... I hope

Ive been trying to get out the last month or so but we have had an early and severe winter to date... add no vehicle for the past 3 weeks and yup.. not much to post. Get the Jeep back tomorrow though so hopefully we get some sun and decent weather soon.

hope you and your better half are happy healthy and well

missed you my friend

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Great shots kpr!

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I'm not sure if this guy has webbed feet or not. It is a bird I don't recognize. Seen near Green Bay, WI, USA. Taken with a Canon Powershot SX 150:

More swans. I love these guys - sooo beautiful. (Canon SX 150 ISO)










And a gull seen in August:

Only had this camera 2 months, really only 3rd time out and about..

It was with auto settings but still very good.

Taken with Canon 1100D

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nice ones bur hope to see more of your work in the future... we like to share here in the wildlife forum .. especially seeing there are no ducks up here right now

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Yup, I hope that you will be sharing more of your work with us, it's great. Keep it up.
By the way, nice shots XNavy

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More ducks! First, courtesy of my NEX-5N mirrorless, with 55-210mm lens and 1.7x teleextender...

Mottled duck:


Pair of mottled ducks:


Black-bellied whistling duck takes a bath:


Another mottled duck:


Mottled duck flyover:


Another speeding duck:


Blue-winged teal:


Black-bellied whistling duck:


And a few from farther back from my A580 with Minolta 300mm F4 and 1.4x matched TC...

Ducks love to fly at you around here:


Black-bellied whistlers flying by:


A couple of blue-winged teals:

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Sony NEX5N / 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 / 55-210mm F4-6.3 / Pentax K adapter / Konica K/AR adapter / bunches o' Konica & Pentax lenses!

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Wow, some great shots there! That NEX has great quality it seems

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Another set with great detail Zack, good one.

Cheers

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nice to see the ducks arrived safely at your end Zack... with the way our winter is going they may be there a little longer this year so enjoy

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One from the fall...

Weather up here has been nasty the last few weeks so no outings at all... colder than usual and lots of cloud and snow... grrrr.... good news is that in about another 5 or 6 weeks we should start seeing our first arrivals from down south again... cant wait

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