Cinnamon Teal & Other Waterfowl Pics

[Closetohome]

Rented a Nikon 400 f2.8 VR this past weekend to do some postseason waterfowl photography from some of the blinds where we were still holding a lot of birds. Saturday morning we threw out a couple of decoys and as we were getting set up I leaned my camera against the blind and low and behold I look up and a teal landed about 30 feet from us. I looked a bit closer and realized it was a Cinnamon! Slowly took the lens cover off and got set up and realized I was set up in Manual mode at f8 and 1/1600 shutter speed. Dialed shutter speed down until my ISO got below 3200 and snapped off a few shots. Got it down to 1600 ISO and 1/25th shutter speed...jammed the camera against my cheek and pressed down as hard as I could on the top of the lens to stabilize. Turned out decent but still some noise.


Wild Wing 400-75 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr

Here are a few others from this weekend.


Wild Wing 400-83 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr

Shutter speed was too slow for this one because it was still early but turned out ok.


Wild Wing 400-87 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr


Wild Wing 400-36 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr


Wild Wing 400-131 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr


Wild Wing 400-79 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr


Wild Wing 400-105 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr

Have a few more to upload later but thought I would share.

[Bonesplitter]

Great photos!!

[Bill M]

Nice shots. I'm headed to Lake Somerville in the morning to see if I can get my eyes on the bald eagles. The green wings tore me up yesterday evening out there, nothing I care to post.

[Closetohome]

Thanks guys. Have a few more to edit and post up later.

[kilroy230]

Very cool, love those pintail.

[The Cajun]

Awesome pictures! Nothing like watching those ducks do there thing

[ClayW]

Great photos!

Thanks for sharing

[MattN33]

Some of those are so clear they look fake. Awesome pictures.

[Closetohome]

Here are a few more...

Green wings put on a show

Wild Wing 400-63 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr

Spoonie fly by

Wild Wing 400-60 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr


Wild Wing 400-18 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr

Bottoms Up

Wild Wing 400-11 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr


Wild Wing 400-8 by jmjuhl08, on Flickr

[Puddle Duck]

Those are great pics! On post #9 and the picture of the wad of greenwing there is a pair of ducks I have never seen before. If you look on the far left. Thoughts? Do not look like any teal I have seen in North America but about the same size.

[Closetohome]

Those are great pics! On post #9 and the picture of the wad of greenwing there is a pair of ducks I have never seen before. If you look on the far left. Thoughts? Do not look like any teal I have seen in North America but about the same size.

Late season blue wing teal.

[crek1311]

Those are some awesome pictures. The pintail group was really cool and the green wing teal in flight was pretty sweet as well.

[Puddle Duck]

Must be the flare off the blue patch that caught me off guard.. Great pictures!

[txoutdoorsman24]

Man those are awesome pics!!! Love the green wing pic

[Ron]

Beautiful pictures.