Buffleheads in Flight

Gallery: AvianPosted March 21, 201812,912 views4 comments

Mating season is in full swing for the Buffleheads. I frequently see four or five males approaching the females with full displays and territorial behavior from the males. It can be quite amusing to watch. Unfortunately they don't get as close to shore as I would like but I did manage to catch these four males at takeoff. It was moderately foggy when this picture was taken. I was unable to see the other side of the inlet and visibility was less than 50 feet. There is some motion blur and it may be a tiny bit over sharpened to compensate.

Iso 1600, 200-500 mm at 500 mm, F7 .1, 1000th, D 500, handheld, DxO photo lab, ACR 10.2, Topaz adjust, TK sharpening action at 50%

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on March 21, 2018 at 6:35 PM

Nice catch, David. Sounds like there's some good action going on around your place.

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 21, 2018 at 11:12 PM

Nice catch of the action, and I like the panoramic comp. I don't mind the small amount of blur at all, and I don't see any oversharpening.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 22, 2018 at 2:05 PM

I like the leader's mouth open and I assume calling, "Follow me, I know the way!" I could easily have taken this. My equipment and post processing is very similar, except I use Lightroom rather than ACR.

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Comment posted by Jerry Austin on March 26, 2018 at 10:53 PM

Has a painterly feel to it. Very nice.

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