Walking towards the pond the sound of the ducks gotlouder, feeling no pressure about an image I wanted so we just walked towards the e pond where there was Tufted, Shoveler and Coot all looking nice in the afternoon sun
Category: ducks
Sony A7r4 200-600 Ultimate All Rounder
All images in post were done in 2 hours of photography today. Another 300 to look through.
When I came from Canon 18 months ago I was very worried that I had made the wrong decision but I am happy to say that this camera will stay with me even if they bring out more expensive ones.
From static birds to birds in flight, from Portrait photography with the Sony 85mm 1.8 and Tamron 28-75mm. Water droplets with the Sony 90mm 2.8 and insects in flight. Street photography Seascapes and landscapes.
Pets in action, jet- ski the Moon I have filmed them all with various lenses. It never let’s me down and my keeper rate is as good as it gets. Resolution and IQ are just mind blowing and cropping is so much joy to use.
If my blog covering all the subjects I have mentioned doesn’t prove how good it is then nothing will. Don’t waste your money on more cameras that they say have this better and that. It’s down to the user not how much the camera costs.
Enough said look at the wonderful detail this camera can get even with a 1.4 Ext fitted to the 200-600 f.9 ISO800
Flight Shots So Much Fun
Getting an image either large or small, slow or fast it’s a amazing combination to do photography with.
Using Zone Focus area and multi Metering and leaving Steadyshot on all the time I find Mode 3 to be best for static and moving subjects.
Not a lot you more I can say about the Sony A7r4 200-600
Not Just A Duck
We have a certain perception of the Mallard that comes to us fir food, entertaining us with their laughter. They are such a beautiful bird with stunning colours, but overlooked as just a Duck.
The time I have spent filming them has taught me a lot about the life the lead. The life starting out being hunted by other birds, pike, cats and anything else that will take the little chick.
That is why I feel I am a hypocrite at times. You should not love something take pictures of, write about then Eat them.
I gave up eating Duck many years ago and I feel a need to stop eating meat all together.
So the little Duckling has given me lots of please over the years and a few lovely videos I have captured just show how hard life is for them, going from a small baby bird to adulthood.
Rons life through the lens 