A Few Stray Shots

By Paul Cecil | Published December 11, 2011

It's been a quiet weekend which has given me time to catch up with a few stray shots from last week, including these three pictures of ducks out early in the morning.

And still with ducks, a couple of motion blur experiments taken in poor light.

Finally, one from the weekend. A peregrine overflying the garden yesterday morning.

Mixed weather in the week ahead. Tomorrow looks ok, but there is plenty of wind and rain about as well as the week progresses.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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10 Comments

  1. derWandersmann December 12, 2011 at 3:12 am #

    LOL … that first blurred shot of the mallard looks like he's in a right panic.
    I love that first white duck picture and the one of the drake in the striped water.
    Lots of peregrines here; they're living in the cities lately, and seem to be doing very well. They like the tall buildings.

  2. serola December 12, 2011 at 6:12 am #

    White ducks pictures are very good and second blurred shot of the mallard I like very much :up:

  3. SittingFox December 12, 2011 at 11:12 am #

    Nice to see the falcon :up: And those ducks – they look like they're synchronised swimmers! :right:

  4. Denis-12 December 12, 2011 at 12:12 pm #

    Nice! First two shots.. and this takin-off and landing ducks… :yes:

  5. gdare December 12, 2011 at 5:12 pm #

    Originally posted by SittingFox:

    And those ducks – they look like they're synchronised swimmers!

    Or they were expecting to be fed :left:

  6. Words December 13, 2011 at 9:12 pm #

    Adele, the white ducks are great and now have the competition of a second pair of white ducks. I must try to get all four together.

  7. Words December 13, 2011 at 9:12 pm #

    Denis, thanks!

  8. Words December 13, 2011 at 9:12 pm #

    Darko, I think they must know by now that I never feed them. They do better at lunchtime, when more people are about. 😉

  9. Words December 13, 2011 at 9:12 pm #

    Sami, thanks. I was pleased with the white ducks. Less sure about the blurred shots, but those are very much a work in progress.

  10. Words December 13, 2011 at 9:12 pm #

    dW, thanks! The white ducks are such good subjects, always in pairs. We also have a number of urban peregrines. There's a roost at the top of a tower at the Tate Modern in London.