Sublime and Beautiful Sunday A few birds and a Squirrel
This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by @ace108.
For this Sundays post I am going with a few shots of Birds and one Squirrel I got shots of on a walk around the pond and through part of Buttonwood Park here in New Bedford with my big heavy 200-600MM Sony lens.
Starting with this colorful duck on the pond, I believe its a wood duck but I am really no expert on duck types so feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/250 Sec ISO 100
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Next up we have a couple of Loons on the water just off from the Harbor Walk, OK this wasn't in Buttonwood Park but I thought it fit with the other images in this post, I took this while watching the Osprey nest hoping one of them would take off to fly.
I haven't used this big Sony lens much but its good for trying to capture shots of birds, but that's new for me and I am learning what settings need to change which I will discuss further during the post
Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/320 Sec ISO 100
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Next up this one little duckling on the Pond at Button Wood park, now luckily i caught this shot while it was sitting still, these little ducklings when they move take off at a spring and the settings I was using for shutter speed was to slow to catch them clearly when they moved through the water, infact the term that came to mind as I watched them was dart through the water they really would move so fast and I got many shots with them a bit blurry, but a lesson learned for the next time I try to get shots of birds, I think for these ducks I need a shutter speed of 1/1000 or faster and for birds in flight somewhere around 1/2500 or faster.
But that all said I haven't been able to try the last few days as its been pretty windy most of the time and holding this big lens steady in strong winds is a challenge, but I will keep trying the forecast looks less windy in the days ahead.
Sony A7iv 257mm F6.3 1/160 Sec ISO 100
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Next up another shot of a Wood Duck
Sony A7iv 444mm F6.3 1/250 Sec ISO 200
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And a common bird but it posed nicely for me a Robin
Sony A7iv 600mm F6.3 1/25 Sec ISO 50
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and finishing off with a Squirrel
Sony A7iv 365mm F6.3 1/25 Sec ISO 50
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And that’s all folks
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