{"id":106450,"date":"2022-01-22T05:50:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=106450"},"modified":"2022-01-22T08:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T15:18:00","slug":"copycat-diving-redheads-male-and-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/22\/copycat-diving-redheads-male-and-female\/","title":{"rendered":"Copycat Diving Redheads, Male And Female"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choreography with a delay.<\/p>\n

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1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Twelve days ago I spent some time photographing several duck species as they were diving for food. My goal was to capture them just before their eyes entered the water. That goal was never perfectly met but I like the position of this drake Redhead better than having his eyes already underwater.<\/p>\n

Just before I took this photo the duck moved into an area of much brighter water which caused my shutter speed to skyrocket to 1\/8000 (I shoot in aperture priority). But I’d rather err on the side of too much SS than too little.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1\/8000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The next shot in the burst caught him with his head and neck submerged and his body pretty much parallel to the water’s surface.<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

There was a hen Redhead very close to the drake and immediately after he dived I barely had time to get her in my viewfinder before she followed suit. My first shot caught her in almost exactly the same diving position I’d captured the drake in and the same could be said for…<\/p>\n

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1\/6400, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

my second shot in the burst.<\/p>\n

If you compare the corresponding photos in the two short sequences they’re nearly identical, save for the sex of the ducks. The two dives occurred within seconds of each other, my shooting angles on both ducks were very similar and both ducks were the same distance from me so all four photos were cropped exactly the same amount (7.5 MP out of 20 MP).<\/p>\n

Much ado about nothing I suppose but when stuff like this happens I sit up and take notice. If nothing else it’s a series of unusual coincidences so it amuses me.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Choreography with a delay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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