Shooting Ducks!

(richd) · (richd) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 06-17-2007, 9:17 AM

Arthur Morris, the Canon bird photographer, offered one of his used 400 f5.6L's for sale in his newsletter recently for $500. I emailed him immediately because I have been looking for one and you never see them for sale, let alone that cheap. He told me it wasn't pretty cosmetically (no kidding) but that it just had a new lens mount put on it by Canon as well as the AF tuned.

Anyhow it's turned out to be a really sharp lens in spite of it's appearance so I'm really happy with it. Since Chris is gone to Shasta my new hobby will be shooting ducks!

It's actually way harder then it looks and is kind of fun! Anyhow here are some of my initial shots.

I look like a pro with this beat up set up!
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This one's kind of funny, someone yelled at this skier "you can't do that" as this is in the new "no tow zone" (or will be) on weekends. I think she responded with an FU - Right on! LOL
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(Walt) · (Walt) **Join Date: Jan 2003** 06-17-2007, 5:20 PM

I'd love to have that bad boy. It's so Hard to get close enough to wild life with the 70-200.

(swami) · (swami) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 06-18-2007, 7:14 AM

nice Rick! the duck wings down on the water photo is great, you should get that up on a stock photo offering company.. it would sell.

(peter_c) · (peter_c) **Join Date: Sep 2001** 06-18-2007, 10:33 AM

I think I have lens envy

Must also agree with the 200mm not being enough, as my 18-200mm just does not get close enough for shooting birds and other wildlife...and errrr...uhhhh sometimes I DO NOT WANT to get that close to big hairy creatures.

(bftskir) · (bftskir) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 06-24-2007, 9:44 PM

that looks like a Sanger TX with the I/O

and i shot a fox or two

ill post em

(Message edited by bftskir on June 24, 2007)

(bftskir) · (bftskir) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 06-24-2007, 9:48 PM

smart as a fox
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(richd) · (richd) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 06-24-2007, 9:56 PM

It's good for dump trucks too!

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(swami) · (swami) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 06-25-2007, 11:30 AM

That's a big dump!

(gehennaengine) · (gehennaengine) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 06-28-2007, 7:46 PM

That first shot of the duck is excellent, Rich. I know what you mean when you say it's more difficult shooting birds than you'd think. It took me two hours to get two 'ok' shots of a hummingbird in the backyard.

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