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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on May 09, 2015, 10:07:48 pm

Title: Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 09, 2015, 10:07:48 pm
A very rare find in my area and to get a nesting pair, even rarer.
Title: Re: Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
Post by: thierrylegros396 on May 10, 2015, 02:42:28 am
Well done, do you see the head of an animal in the trunk ;)

Thierry
Title: Re: Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
Post by: Larry Heath on May 21, 2015, 06:01:01 pm
Funny, I saw my first Black Belly Whistler here in Florida after living here for over 50 years.

Here are a couple I saw last year

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5450/17323671514_d5e06db847_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/soQkZC)_DSC4556-Edit.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/soQkZC) by Larry Heath (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lgheath/), on Flickr

Dad in the bushes.

(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7657/17919757916_a03bbc8114_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/tivrHo)_DSC4198.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/tivrHo) by Larry Heath (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lgheath/), on Flickr

Mom and the kids on the beach.

Later Larry
Title: Re: Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
Post by: riddell on May 22, 2015, 04:41:00 am

Unfortunately the image fails for me because you are so low down and so far away. No doubt this image would have benefitted massively from a decent large zoom. Which would not only enable you to get in tighter on the birds, but also get further away at the same time so you are taking the image from a much shallower angle.

Paul.
www.photographybyriddell.co.uk
Title: Re: Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 22, 2015, 07:08:09 am
One should try shooting wildlife before critiquing it.
Title: Re: Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks
Post by: NancyP on May 22, 2015, 11:21:14 am
There are wildlife shots that show the creature close up, and then there are photos that show the creature in its environment. Both are valid. I tend to like seeing environmental photos and behavioral photos, even if they are not as beautiful a depiction of the creature's exterior. Portraits are not the be all and end all of wildlife photography.

(Actually, the be all and end all of bird photography has to be a Missouri Dept of Natural Resources/ Conservation staff photographers's video of a close call from an attacking..........grouse. Noppadol Paothong did a decade long personal project of documenting prairie chickens and grouse, had many beautiful photos in a book "Save the last dance", also some short films. Well, he happened to be scouting a gathering place for the mating dance, and this 20 cm tall dominant male of an endangered species started attacking (jumping and pecking) the photographer's pant leg. He showed the video at our photography club meeting a few days ago. Hilarious.
http://www.nopnatureimages.com/

Thanks, Chris.