Duckling
Australian Wood Duck.
Almost as cute as a penguin.
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#266 in Explore for Sept 11 2006.
View all photos taken: Sunday, 9th September 2007, This photo: 2:42pm
Australian Wood Duck.
Almost as cute as a penguin.
Cards, Posters or Prints of this Cute Duckling are for Sale at RedBubble.
#266 in Explore for Sept 11 2006.
View all photos taken: Sunday, 9th September 2007, This photo: 2:42pm
Cute... nice detail and focus.
Oh, so soft looking. The detail is great David.
I'm going to die of cute overload!
Very cute indeed,
They are adorable. Lovely detail in the fluffy feathers
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very nice, all the little feathers are sharp
Great looking pic David
Aww...what a wee cutie David!!!
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This little one os just so cute - I have to add it to my favorites!
Sharp as a tack David and oh yes, they are cute LOL.
So Sweet!
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Oh David where's my red alert for the cuteness shots? This is just ADORABLE!!!! How gorgeous! Send me a dozen please!! :-D
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Thanks All :)
Ummm, well I did hint there'd be more ducklings earlier Tracey ;-)
My only misgiving is the partial duckling on the right, it would have been good to frame it without this one in there, but my long lens technique needs some practice.
Ah so you did, sorry, lol....what with work and all, not enough hours in a day for more flickr damn it! ;-)
I wouldn't worry about the partial duckling, it leads the imagination to wanting to view your next lot of cuteness shots ;-)
this is really marvelous
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Gorgeous shot. I would love to keep these as pets
David
nice shot of the duckling. Wondering if you've got any comments to make about the focus accuracy of the 300 f2.8 on your EOS? I'm thinking of getting the f4 myself and moving back to a 5D and an APS-C camera (currently on micro 4/3 after some years in EOS). Feel free to PM me with remarks or follow up here if you prefer :-)
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pellicle] The 300/2.8 is phenomenal when it comes to fast, accurate focussing, even on a cheap EOS body. The f/4 is supposedly very similar in speed and accuracy. Both are very sharp.
The 5D (and 5DII) autofocus isn't fantastic, but with centre spot it performs well enough (not a sports camera though). In the APS-C range, the 7D can't be beat. AF is vastly better than any of the other APS-C bodies (but probably not as good as the 1DIV which I love for it's accurate AF and better focus point positioning).
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I had focus issues with 10D and then 20D on some lenses. It was enough to soften things and obviate the benefits of the better lens. When I started on m4/3 it was to have a lightweight replacement for hiking, but I soon found that with a FD300f4 I was getting better focus manually than I was with AF. Of course there is no tracking. Some situations have had me wondering if I'd prefer to go back to the AF systems again. But in shooting through foliage I wonder if I'd be struggling again. I can get this sort of thing with the manual system, but it requires a bit of dedication in time and patience.
also the 4/3 essentially gives me x1.3 teleconvertor without the teleconverter ... anyway thanks for your thoughts :-)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pellicle] The key to the Canon 9 point AF is to use the Centre point and recompose for most situations (if shooting very shallow DoF you will need to continue with an outer point if required). However on the 7D and 1D series, the outer points actually work and can be relied on fairly well.