Just a Quacker by monjo71

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 20, 2011

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Wanted to try out my new lens (Canon ef70-200mm f4L) along with my 1.4 teleconverter to see if it would be a lighter weight alternative to my 400mm lens. It was a really overcast day so I'll have to keep experimenting. I know it's a rather boring shot, but the only other bird I came across was a hawk which I have posted a few lately so I settled on this mallard.

Comments (10)

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barbdennist

3:30PM | Thu, 20 January 2011

I love mallards with their beautiful coloring, and this is a great shot of this guy.

Ilona-Krijgsman

3:42PM | Thu, 20 January 2011

looks okay in my view.....and overcast is not always handy......still a nice shot...I know about the weight I use also the 400mm and a 500mm lens..it can be very heavy if you caring it a whole day....

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durleybeachbum

4:05PM | Thu, 20 January 2011

How can a Mallard possibly be boring?!

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danob

4:55PM | Thu, 20 January 2011

ooks good John I have this lens also and cant bear to trade up to the new 2.8 IS version as my copy is so good. Overcast days also give good colours..

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flora-crassella

5:26PM | Thu, 20 January 2011

a very nice duck!!!! WONDERFUL photo!!!!!

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Crabbycabby

12:59AM | Fri, 21 January 2011

Be interesting to see if you can still achieve the same sharpness in your images with the converter. This one lacks the normal crispness of your shots. I just wonder if it's the tele converter effect?

whaleman

2:03AM | Fri, 21 January 2011

That is pretty good detail for a converter shot, far better than I would have expected from my bad experience with one. Perhaps the question should be, how much sharpness is really required? There is a softness of light and color in this shot that seems more important to me right now.

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