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After heading out to Blue Cypress lake to find birds, I head home only to find this duck on the pond behind my home.

After heading out to Blue Cypress lake to find birds, I head home only to find this duck on the pond behind my home.
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43 Comments | Report
brentmorris
 
brentmorris March 02, 2014
That seems to happen to me alot. Nice capture
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel April 09, 2014
Dazzling. Voted.
rikfreeman Platinum
 
rikfreeman April 19, 2014
Fabulous capture.
TrevJel
 
TrevJel April 19, 2014
Great capture, well done.
traceprinslooreppin
 
traceprinslooreppin April 19, 2014
...congratulations on your Award, Greg :-)
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots April 19, 2014
Awesome capture! Congrats.
lito
 
lito April 20, 2014
Great capture!
JesusGiraldo
 
JesusGiraldo April 23, 2014
Fantastic!!!
abijur PRO+
 
abijur April 23, 2014
awesome.
arminebalasanyan
 
arminebalasanyan May 01, 2014
beautiful colors!
Arzhtatiana
 
Arzhtatiana June 28, 2014
Really nice!
e-van
 
e-van August 02, 2014
wow!!!!
StevenGarga Platinum
 
StevenGarga October 25, 2014
beautiful capture, what are your parameters here?
Brently
 
Brently October 28, 2014
Congratulations on an outstanding photograph.
frankjrosetti
 
frankjrosetti November 25, 2014
Terrific capture! Voted!
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita February 24, 2015
superb camera work. Beautiful colours.
suzanewhitney
 
suzanewhitney March 19, 2015
Love these birds! They always look like they are smiling! Congrats!
RobinV
 
RobinV March 19, 2015
amazing bird in flight, congratulations
IsabellaD Premium
 
IsabellaD March 19, 2015
Amazing beauty, awesome technique, a favorite from all the Finalists !!
Thimbee
 
Thimbee March 19, 2015
Nice sense of motion. Congrats
davidbidmead
 
davidbidmead March 21, 2015
Congratulations ! Spectacular capture ! Beautiful colors and detail.
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta March 31, 2015
Excellent capture & beautiful colors. Congratulations on being a Runner-up.
robertneiszer
 
robertneiszer August 20, 2015
Nice shot & with a sense of speed too ! Good photo. :)
SuperPhotos
 
SuperPhotos August 10, 2016
Nicely done!
Ralest42
 
Ralest42 August 11, 2016
Beautiful, great shot
richardsly Premium
 
richardsly March 05, 2017
sweet as photo.
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adavies July 21, 2017
Fantastic! Really well done! If you haven't done so already, please consider joining my Pan-demonium challenge:)
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kathyk_abq
 
kathyk_abq July 21, 2017
Just stunning! Wow! Wonderful panning shot and beautiful colors!
avinashsrivastav
 
avinashsrivastav October 19, 2017
Fantastic capture
thunderlake Platinum
 
thunderlake November 26, 2018
Lovely and treasures are usually right at home!!
mariaharris
 
mariaharris January 20, 2019
the color on the wing mimics the colors below! Gorgeous capture
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel October 11, 2019
Great shot in motion.
hareeshriyer
 
hareeshriyer October 14, 2019
awards not sufficient enough to complement the celestial quality of the shot..
SGribbin_Photography PRO+
 
SGribbin_Photography October 22, 2019
Superb image in every way possible to make a superb image. Well done!
arunrohila Platinum
 
arunrohila October 25, 2019
Wow...fantastic. What was your focusing set as
BrunoHeeb PRO
 
BrunoHeeb November 25, 2019
The perfect shot, absolutely amazing
Cookies4U
 
Cookies4U January 12, 2020
beautiful!
debasish_pal
 
debasish_pal February 23, 2020
lovely shot
RickL PRO+
 
RickL March 28, 2020
Exceptional photography,good detail and composition,excellent action
Hood PRO+
 
Hood April 02, 2020
Stunning!!!
harmeetsingh
 
harmeetsingh April 05, 2020
Beautiful
stigfagerli PRO+
 
stigfagerli April 05, 2020
How cool nice
ChrisHPhotos
 
ChrisHPhotos June 17, 2020
Nice colour and movement.
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Behind The Lens

Location

Sebastian, Florida

Time

Late afternoon

Lighting

I prefer late afternoon or early morning light

Equipment

Nikon D800 Nikon 300mm f2.8 lens, older model

Inspiration

I love trying to get birds in flight and ballancing shutter speed, ISO and aperature to get depth of field just right while blurring background with motion and focus.

Editing

i shoot raw so i always do focus contrast and a little satutation.

In my camera bag

Nikon D800 Nikon D810 300mm 2.8 16-35mm 105mm 2.8 50mm 1.4 70-200mm VR11 Neutral density filters Lots of spare batteries.

Feedback

I find the best time to shoot this kind of shot is when the sun is low on the horrizan. Use a faster ISO say 500. Have the camera on the most rapid fire setting possible and take lots of photos. Shots like this are the result of lots of practice. Throw any shot thats not perfect away and consentrate on perfecting the techique. Get the camera of the tripod for these shots, you need to be quick and pan smoothly.

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