1\/2000, 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>\nI think this drake Northern Pintail was lost. Or blind. Or maybe both. I almost never see pintails on this large pond and those few I do see are extremely wild and shy. But six days ago while I was shooting from my tripod on the shore this guy plopped down in the water right next to me, as if he didn’t even know I was there. And I actually don’t think he did because about three seconds later, when he realized how very close I was, he exploded out of the water and was gone. I only had time to get off two shots of him in a burst.<\/p>\n
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Despite the fact that the light was a little harsh on his bright whites I decided to post this photo for two reasons. Around here Northern Pintails tend to be a pretty difficult subject because of their shyness. As a result I don’t have many quality photos of them so I was happy to get this one, even though it’s ‘just’ a duck on the water.<\/p>\n
The other reason I’m posting this photo is because I didn’t have a lot of choice. My primary computer has been slowly dying for over a year now and as of the last few days it’s on life support. To say that Photoshop and my photo organizer aren’t communicating well with each other is an understatement. Last night it took me over an hour to get both programs up and running but I never could get them to recognize each other so I could search for an image to post and then import it into Photoshop for processing. But even without the organizer I knew approximately where this image was in my files so eventually I found it and imported it into Photoshop. Finding any other precise image would have been an impossible task.<\/p>\n
So late yesterday afternoon I purchased a new computer. The task for today, one I’m definitely not looking forward to, is to get it up and running and all my required programs and apps loaded and playing well together.<\/p>\n
Then maybe, just maybe, I’ll finally have time to begin to learn how to use my new camera, the Canon R5.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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